''Proceedings of the Royal Society'' is the main research journal of the Royal Society. The journal began in 1831 and was split into two series in 1905: * Series A: for papers in physical sciences and mathematics. * Series B: for papers in life sciences. Many landmark scientific discoveries are published in the Proceedings, making it one of the most historically significant science journals. The journal contains several articles written by the most celebrated names in science, such as Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg,

Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers him to be the greatest ...

Erwin Schrödinger Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (, ; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as or , was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist with Irish citizenship who developed a number of fundamental results in quantum theo ...

William Lawrence Bragg Sir William Lawrence Bragg, (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer, discoverer (1912) of Bragg's law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the determination of crystal structu ...

Lord Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (26 June 182417 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast. Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 53 years, he did important ...

, J.J. Thomson,

James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and li ...

, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. In 2004, the Royal Society began ''

The Journal of the Royal Society Interface The ''Journal of the Royal Society Interface'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the interface between the life sciences and the physical sciences, including chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics, and physics. ...

'' for papers at the interface of physical sciences and life sciences.

History

The journal began in 1831 as a compilation of abstracts of papers in the ''

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'' is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society. In its earliest days, it was a private venture of the Royal Society's secretary. It was established in 1665, making it the first journa ...

'', the older Royal Society publication, that began in 1665. The journal has changed names several times. Initially it was called ''Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London''. In 1854, the name became ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London''. In 1905, the journal rebranded and was split into *''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character'' * ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character''. , the two series are called * ''Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences'' * ''Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences''. Proceedings of the Royal Society is now the Royal Society's main research journal, while ''

'' publishes articles from invited authors in themed issues.

''Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences ''

''Proceedings of the Royal Society A'' publishes peer-reviewed research articles in the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Professor Michael Lockwood FRS. According to '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has an impact factor of 2.704

''Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences''

''Proceedings of the Royal Society B'' publishes research related to biological sciences. the editor-in-chief is Professor Spencer Barrett. Topics covered in particular include ecology, behavioural ecology and

evolutionary biology Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes ( natural selection, common descent, speciation) that produced the diversity of life on Earth. It is also defined as the study of the history of life ...

, as well as epidemiology,

human biology Human biology is an interdisciplinary area of academic study that examines humans through the influences and interplay of many diverse fields such as genetics, evolution, physiology, anatomy, epidemiology, anthropology, ecology, nutrition, populat ...

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developme ...

, palaeontology,

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

, and

biomechanics Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch of ...

. The journal publishes predominantly research articles and reviews, as well as comments, replies, and commentaries. In 2005, ''

Biology Letters ''Biology Letters'' is a peer-reviewed, biological, scientific journal published by the Royal Society. It focuses on the rapid publication of short high quality research articles, reviews and opinion pieces across the biological sciences. ''Biolog ...

'' (originally a supplement to ''Proceedings B''), was launched as an independent journal publishing short articles from across biology. According to '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has an impact factor of 5.349.

Access policy

All articles are available free at the journals' websites after one year for ''Proceedings B'' and two years for ''Proceedings A''. Between 11 and 70 years after publication they are behind a paywall, and after that they enter the free digital archive. Authors may have their articles made immediately open access (under

Creative Commons license A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work".A "work" is any creative material made by a person. A painting, a graphic, a book, a song/lyric ...

) on payment of an article processing charge.

External links

Proceedings of the Royal Society A

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Archive Highlights of Proceedings A

References

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