| Proceedings of the Royal Society A | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | 'Proc. R. Soc. A' |
| Discipline | Natural Sciences |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Michael Berry |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Impact factor (2010) |
1.672 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1364-5021 |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society B | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | 'Proc. R. Soc. B' |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Michael Hassell |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Publication history | 1905-present |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Impact factor (2010) |
5.064 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0962-8452 |
Proceedings of the Royal Society is the parent title of two scientific journals published by the Royal Society, whereas its initial journal, Philosophical Transactions, is now devoted to special thematic issues. Originally a single journal, "Proceedings" was split into two separate journals in 1905:
The two journals are currently the Royal Society's main research journals. Many celebrated names in science have published their research in Proc. R. Soc., including Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford, and Erwin Schrödinger.
Contents |
The Proceedings started out in 1800 as the Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. The Royal Society published four volumes, from 1800 to 1843. Volumes 5 and 6, which appeared from 1843 to 1854, were called Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London. Starting with volume 7, in 1854, the Proceedings first appeared under the name Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Publication of the proceedings in this form continued to volume 75 in 1905. Starting with volume 76, the Proceedings were split into Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character and Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character. The Proceedings have since undergone further name changes. Currently, the two series are called Proceedings of the Royal Society A — Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society B — Biological Sciences.
Proc. R. Soc. A publishes refereed research articles in the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences. The journal is abstracted and indexed by Applied Mechanics Reviews, Bibliography and Index of Geology (Also known as GeoRef), British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography, Chemical Abstracts, Chemistry Citation Index, Composites Alert, Compumath Citation Index, Current Contents, Engineered Materials Abstracts, Engineering Index Monthly, Excerpta Medica, Fluidex, Forest Products Abstracts, Geographical Abstracts, Human Geography, Geological Abstracts, Geomechanics Abstracts, Index to Scientific Reviews, Inspec, Mass Spectrometry Bulletin, Mathematical Reviews, Metals Abstracts, Metals Abstracts Index, Mineralogical Abstracts, Nonferrous Metals Alert, Oceanographic Literature Review, Petroleum Abstracts, Polymers, Ceramics, Research Alert (Philadelphia), Science Citation Index, Steels Alert, and World Aluminum Abstracts.
The current Editor of the journal is Sir Michael Berry FRS.
This series covers research related to biological sciences. Topics covered in particular include ecology, behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology; significant numbers of papers in epidemiology, human biology, neuroscience, palaeontology and biomechanics have also appeared in the journal. Proceedings B publishes predominately research articles but also both commissioned and non-commissioned reviews, comments, replies, and commentaries. In 2005, Biology Letters (originally a supplement to Proceedings B), was launched as an independent journal publishing short articles from across biology.
The current Editor of Proc R Soc B is Michael Hassell FRS. Proceedings B has an Impact Factor of 4.857 and is ranked 7th in Biology.
Although current issues of these journals require a subscription, issues are available free at the journal's website, subject to a one year embargo for Proceedings B and a two year embargo for Proceedings A, thus making these delayed open access journals