Journals Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Name
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Subjects
Organismal, environmental and evolutionary biology
Neuroscience and cognition
Cellular, molecular and developmental biology
Health and disease
Neuroscience and cognition
Cellular, molecular and developmental biology
Health and disease
ISSN
1471-2970
Description
The Royal Society was founded in 1660 to promote the new experimental philosophy of that time, embodying the principles of Sir Francis Bacon. Henry Oldenburg was appointed as the first secretary to the Society and he was also the first editor of the Society's journal Philosophical Transactions. The first issue of Philosophical Transactions appeared in March 1665 and featured Oldenburg's correspondence with leading European scientists. In its formative years Isaac Newton had seventeen papers published in the journal including his first paper - New Theory about Light and Colours - which effectively served to launch his scientific career in 1672. In the same year his new reflecting telescope was described and the original drawing was also published in the journal. Philosophical Transactions has also published the work of Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, William Herschel and many more celebrated names in science. In 1887 the journal expanded to become two separate publications, one serving the biological sciences ('B') and the other serving the physical sciences ('A'). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society has the prestige of being the world's longest running science journal.
Impact Factor (2 years)
6.139
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal Webpage
Journal type
Hybrid Journal