| Language | English |
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| History | 1831–1905 |
| Publisher | Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Proc. R. Soc. Lond. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0370-1662 |
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Proceedings of the Royal Society is the main research journal of theRoyal Society. The journal began in 1831 and was split into two series in 1905:[1]
Many landmark scientific discoveries are published in the Proceedings, making it one of the most important science journals in history. The journal contains several articles written by prominent scientists such asPaul Dirac,Werner Heisenberg,Ernest Rutherford,Erwin Schrödinger,William Lawrence Bragg,Lord Kelvin,J.J. Thomson,James Clerk Maxwell,Dorothy Hodgkin andStephen Hawking.
In 2004, the Royal Society beganThe Journal of the Royal Society Interface for papers at the interface of physical sciences and life sciences.
The journal began in 1831 as a compilation of abstracts of papers in thePhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the older Royal Society publication, that began in 1665.
The journal has changed names several times. Initially it was calledAbstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London. In 1854, the name becameProceedings of the Royal Society of London.[2] In 1905, the journal rebranded and was split into
As of 2017[update], the two series are called
Proceedings of the Royal Society is now the Royal Society's main research journal, whilePhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society publishes articles from invited authors in themed issues.
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| Discipline | Natural sciences |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jane Hillston |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1905-present |
| Publisher | Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 3 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt ) | |
| ISO 4 | Proc. R. Soc. A |
| Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 1471-2946 |
| LCCN | 96660116 |
| OCLC no. | 610206090 |
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Proceedings of the Royal Society A publishespeer-reviewed research articles in the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. Since 2022, theEditor-in-Chief is ProfessorJane HillstonFRS – the journal's first ever female Editor-in-Chief. According toJournal Citation Reports, as of 2024[update] the journal has animpact factor of 3[3]
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| Discipline | Biology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Spencer Barrett[4] |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1905-present |
| Publisher | Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Hybrid | |
| 3.5 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt ) | |
| ISO 4 | Proc. R. Soc. B |
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| ISSN | 1471-2954 |
| LCCN | 92656221 |
| OCLC no. | 1764614 |
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B publishes research related to biological sciences. As of 2015[update] the editor-in-chief is ProfessorSpencer Barrett.[4][5] Topics covered in particular includeecology,behavioural ecology andevolutionary biology, as well asepidemiology,human biology,neuroscience,palaeontology,psychology, andbiomechanics. The journal publishes predominantly research articles and reviews, as well as comments, replies, and commentaries. In 2005,Biology Letters (originally a supplement toProceedings B), was launched as an independent journal publishing short articles from across biology. According toJournal Citation Reports, as of 2024[update] the journal has animpact factor of 3.5.[6]
All articles are available free at the journals' websites after one year forProceedings B and two years forProceedings A. Eleven years after publication they return to being behind a paywall, then enter the free digital archive seventy years after publication.[7][8] Authors may have their articles made immediatelyopen access (underCreative Commons license) on payment of anarticle processing charge. Since January 2023Proceedings A andProceedings B are online only.
