Royal Society - Publishing

Publishing

Through Royal Society Publishing, the Society publishes the following journals:

• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B
• Biology Letters
• Open Biology
• Journal of the Royal Society Interface
• Interface Focus
• Notes and Records of the Royal Society
• Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Philosophical Transactions is the oldest and longest-running scientific journal in the world, having first been published in March 1665 by the first Secretary of the Society Henry Oldenburg. It now publishes themed issues on specific topics and is currently divided into two parts; A, which deals with mathematics and the physical sciences, and B, which deals with the biological sciences. Proceedings of the Royal Society consists of freely submitted research articles and is similarly divided into two parts. Biology Letters publishes short research articles and opinion pieces on all areas of biology and was launched in 2005. Journal of the Royal Society Interface publishes cross-disciplinary research at the boundary between the physical and life sciences, while Interface Focus, publishes themed issue in the same areas. Notes and Records is the Society's journal on the history of science. Biographical Memoirs is published annually and contains extended obituaries of deceased Fellows. Open Biology is an open access journal covering biology at the molecular and cellular level. All the Society's journals are peer-reviewed.