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OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 3
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JOURNAL & COLLECTIONS ................................................................................................. 3
2.1 Packages ........................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Coming in 2009: HighWire ................................................................................................ 4
2.3 Journal descriptions: ......................................................................................................... 4
2.4 Consortia Policy ................................................................................................................ 6
2.5 Trial Policy ......................................................................................................................... 6
2.6 Other critical facts.............................................................................................................. 6
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OVERVIEW
Founded in 1660, The Royal Society is the national academy of sciences of the
UK and the Commonwealth. The Royal Society plays an influential role in
national and international science policy and is dedicated to promoting
excellence in science. Fellows of the Royal Society include mathematician and
physicist Stephen Hawking; IVF and stem cell research pioneer Anne McLaren,
and inventor of the worldwide web, Tim Berners-Lee.
The Royal Society publishes seven high-quality, peer-reviewed journals
covering biological and physical sciences, history and philosophy of science,
and cross-disciplinary research at the interface between the physical and life
sciences (http://publishing.royalsociety.org)
All journals are available in both print and online versions on MetaPress
platform.
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JOURNAL & COLLECTIONS
2.1 Packages
The seven journals published by the Royal Society are available as single
subscriptions or incuded in the following packages that come with free online
access to content dating back to 1665.
Package S: The Complete Excellence in Science Collection, Beginning in
1665
Includes 7 journals, print + online:
 Journal of the Royal Society Interface
 Biology Letters
 Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and
Engineering Sciences
 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical,
Physical and Engineering Sciences
 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
 Notes and Records of the Royal Society
Package A: The Physical Sciences Collection, Beginning in 1665
Includes 3 journals, print + online:
 Journal of the Royal Society Interface
 Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and
Engineering Sciences
 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical,
Physical and Engineering Sciences.
Package B: The Biological Sciences Collection, beginning in 1665
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Includes 4 journals, print + online:
 Journal of the Royal Society Interface
 Biology Letters
 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesles
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2.2 Coming in 2009: HighWire
HighWire Press and the Royal Society are pleased to announce a new
partnership in the provision of the independent scientific academy’s
publications online. All content of the Royal Society’s seven periodicals, some
dating back as early as 1665, will be live on HighWire’s premier ePublishing
platform beginning in 2009 as the Royal Society joins HighWire’s respected
community of scholarly publishers.
The Royal Society will launch on HighWire’s next generation platform,
H2O. HighWire built H2O to enable a Publishing 2.0 site. This new XML-based
electronic publishing environment makes use of standards beyond just the
input and display to include all layers of the technology. The platform
infrastructure is highly permeable, flexible, and modular so that it can interact
easily with many other systems and Web 2.0 applications, and enables
HighWire’s publishers to transform a traditional website into a truly dynamic
marketing web presence.
“HighWire is honored to work with The Royal Society and its venerable
collection of seminal works from authors such as Michael Faraday, Isaac
Newton, and Stephen Hawking,” said John Sack, Director of Stanford’s
HighWire Press. “The prestigious community of HighWire-hosted publishers will
be further enriched by this new partnership.” Added Sack, “It is exciting to be
part of the research workflow, from students to Laureates who use this
literature. We have designed H2O to facilitate the cycle of discovery and
discussion.”
2.3 Journal descriptions:
 Biology Letters www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/biologyletters:
Launched in 2005, Biology Letters publishes short, high-quality articles from
across the biological sciences, with strengths in the biology, evolution and
ecology of whole organisms.
Impact Factor 2006: 2.00
Abstracting/Indexing: BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts, Cab Abstracts,
SciSearch, ISI Web of Science
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Journal of the Royal Society Interface
www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/interface:
The Journal of the Royal Society Interface was launched in 2004 and publishes
articles from the interface between the physical sciences and research applying
chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics and physics to the
biological and medical sciences.
Impact Factor 2006: 2.984
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Abstracting/Indexing: Pubmed, Biosis Previews, EMBASE, INSPEC, ISI
Science Citation Index Expanded, ISI Web of Science
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Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and
Engineering Sciences www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/proceedingsa
Proceedings of the Royal Society A publishes research articles across the
mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences with emphasis on emerging
and interdisciplinary areas as well as established disciplines.
Impact Factor 2006: 1.338
Abstracting/Indexing: Current Contents, INSPEC, Research Alert
(Philadelphia), Science Citation Index, Excerpta Medica, Mathematical Reviews.
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/proceedingsb:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B welcomes articles in all aspects of biology
and is currently strong in ecology in the widest sense, and behavioral and
evolutionary biology.
Impact Factor 2006: 3.61
Abstracting/Indexing: PubMed, BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts, Current
Contents, CAB Abstracts, SciSearch, ISI Web of Science
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A:
Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransa:
Each issue of Philosphical Transactions of the Royal Society A is devoted to a
specific area of mathematical, physical and engineering sciences. In 2007, its
content included themes such as climatic change, renewable energy,
nanotechnology, and medical engineering.
Impact Factor 2006: 2.28
Abstracting/Indexing: Applied Mechanics Reviews, Environmental Abstracts,
Mathematical Reviews, Current Contents, ISPEC, Science Citation Index,
PubMed
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransb:
Each issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B is devoted to a
specific area of the biological sciences, with increasing attention to evolutionary
and molecular biology, biomedical sciences, neuroscience and environmental
biology.
Impact Factor 2006: 4.6
Abstracting/Indexing: PubMed, Biological Abstracts, Current Contents,
Science Citation Index
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Notes & Records of the Royal Society
http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/notes:
Notes and Records of the Royal Society is the Royal Society's journal on the
history of science, with an online archive including content dating back to
1938. Each issue highlights fascinating examples of science shaping our lives,
revealing reminiscences, discoveries, and authoritative book reviews.
Impact Factor (2006): 0.268
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Abstracting/Indexing: America: History and Life, Personal Alert, Arts and
Humanities Citation Index, Current Content, Historical Abstracts
The Royal Society journals are available as single subscriptions or within the
new journal packages that come with free and exclusive online access to
content dating back to 1665. (See information above)
2.4 Consortia Policy
The Royal Society is available to negotiate agreements with national and local
consortia, offering customized pricing that takes multiple factors into
consideration, such as the number of sites involved.
These are some of the standard parameters used:
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Multiple-year contracts
Fixed price cap for the duration of the contract, lower than the standard
yearly increase from the publisher’s catalogue
Discounted price for print subscriptions
“Opt-out” clause in case of “force majeure”
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2.5 Trial Policy
A 60-day trial to The Royal Society packages is available on request. The trial
can be set up by IP address or username and password. The following
information is needed for activation of the trial:
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Primary contact name
Email address and phone number of primary contact
Institution name
Institution address
Institution IP addresses
Desired start date of trial
Usage statistics will be provided at the end of the trial.
2.6 Other critical facts
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Impact Factor: The 2008 impact factor will be made official at the end
of June. The Royal Society is already proud of the results. Impact of
journals has increased, and Interface enjoys the fastest growing
impact.
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