Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Philosophical Transactions
First volume title page
DisciplineMultidisciplinary science
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History6 March 1665;
359 years ago
 (1665-03-06)
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Philos. Trans. R. Soc.
Indexing
ISSN0261-0523 (print)
2053-9223 (web)
JSTORphiltran1665167
OCLC no.1697286
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society. In its earliest days, it was a private venture of the Royal Society's secretary.[1][2] It was established in 1665,[3] making it the second journal in the world exclusively devoted to science,[2] after the Journal des sçavans, and therefore also the world's longest-running scientific journal.[2] It became an official society publication in 1752.[4] The use of the word philosophical in the title refers to natural philosophy, which was the equivalent of what would now be generally called science.

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  2. ^ a b c "Publishing the Philosophical Transactions: the economic, social and cultural history of a learned journal, 1665–2015". Royal Society.
  3. ^ Oldenburg, H. (1665). "Epistle Dedicatory". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 1: 0. doi:10.1098/rstl.1665.0001. S2CID 186211404.
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