Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B facts for kids
Cover of the 8 November 2021 issue
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
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Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B |
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| Discipline | Biology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Richard Dixon |
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Royal Society (United Kingdom)
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Publication history
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1887–present |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
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Open access
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Hybrid |
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Impact factor
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6.3 |
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| ISSN | 0962-8436 (print) 1471-2970 (web) |
| LCCN | 86645785 |
| CODEN | PTRBAE |
| OCLC no. | 01403239 |
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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences is a science magazine published every two weeks. It focuses on biology, which is the study of living things. Experts check all the articles before they are published. This process is called peer-review. The magazine is published by the Royal Society, a famous group of scientists. The main editor, who is in charge, is Richard Dixon.
What the Journal Is About
Each issue of this journal focuses on a special topic in biological sciences. The goal is to bring together new and important information. This often connects different areas of science. The articles show new discoveries and help guide future research. They can also help with new inventions and important decisions. One or more expert guest editors lead each issue.
The topics covered usually fit into four main groups:
- Cell and Development: How living things grow and change.
- Health and Disease: Understanding sickness and staying healthy.
- Environment and Evolution: How living things interact with their surroundings and change over time.
- Neuroscience and Cognition: The study of the brain and how we think.
All articles in the journal become free to read online one year after they are published.
A Look at Its History
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society started way back in 1665. It was created by the Royal Society. This makes it the oldest science journal in the English-speaking world. Henry Oldenburg was the first person to help run the society and also edited its journal.
In 1887, the journal grew and split into two separate magazines. One focused on physical sciences, like maths and engineering. This was called Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. The other magazine, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, focused on life sciences, which is the study of living things.
Today, both of these journals publish special issues on specific themes. They also publish articles from important science meetings. Other individual research papers are published in a related journal called Proceedings of the Royal Society.
In 2015, the journal celebrated its 350th birthday! To mark this special event, it published a collection of comments. These comments were about important old papers from its past. Some of these papers were written by famous scientists like Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Hans Sloane, and Alan Turing.
