Proceedings of the Royal Society

Proceedings of the Royal Society is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society. It now appears in separate series for mathematical and physical sciences and for biological sciences.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: A scientific journal founded in 1665 and published by the Royal Society. Its earlier launch established the Society’s journal-publishing tradition that Proceedings later joined.
Peer review: Evaluation of scholarly work by experts before or after publication. Peer review is the editorial process used to assess research submitted to the journal.
On the Origin of Species: Charles Darwin’s 1859 book proposing evolution by natural selection as a central explanation of biological diversity. Proceedings published research and discussions connected to the scientific debates Darwin’s work transformed.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: The Royal Society journal series devoted to mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. It is a sister journal with a distinct publication history and editorial remit.
Royal Society: The United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, founded in 1660. The Society publishes Proceedings as part of its scientific publishing program.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: The Royal Society journal series covering mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. This is the journal’s series for mathematical and physical sciences.
X-ray crystallography: A method for determining crystal structures from the diffraction of X-rays. Research reported in the journal has contributed to the development and use of this method.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: The Royal Society journal series devoted to biological sciences. It covers overlapping biological subjects but is a separate title from Proceedings B.
George Gabriel Stokes: An Irish mathematician and physicist who served as president of the Royal Society. Stokes edited Proceedings and helped shape its mathematical and physical sciences coverage.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: The Royal Society journal series covering biological sciences. This is the journal’s series for biological sciences.