Royal Society

Royal society

 



Name of service
Royal Society Journals Online

Licence agreed
Country-wide for all not-for-profit libraries, research and learning institutes.

Service type
Online Database of Journals

Content
Seven leading international journals from the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science. Titles cover the whole of the biological and physical sciences, and include Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the longest-running continuously published journal in the world. 

Titles of journals
A description of the journals can be downloaded: Document Royal Society Journals List

Subject strengths

  • Mathematics, engineering and other physical sciences 
  • All biological sciences; particularly good on ecology, environment
  • Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary science

Service strengths 

  • 6 Royal Society journals specialising in cutting edge research, results and peer-reviewed new data; 1 history of science title.
  • Articles published well in advance of print copies.
  • References contain active reference linking to cited content.
  • Free Table of Contents alerting service available for all users, for all titles

Impact factors
N/A

Archival information
N/A

URL to platform/collection access
www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk

Registration
Each institution is required to register to use Royal Society journals.  If you have not used this resource before you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the INASP registration database and select your country and institution.

You will need a MetaPress ID.  To obtain this, please visit www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=1247#section1 and follow the instructions from Step One. You will immediately receive your MetaPress ID. Help documents are available and it is suggested you print and follow these when registering.

Access information
Access by IP address recognition with username and password access for remote users.

URL to general publisher site
www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk

Help and support from the publisher
Please contact sales@royalsoc.ac.uk

For further information
Please contact your country coordinator - their details can be found on your country page.

More information for librarians
For more information, including promotional packs and registration details, go to the Librarian’s information page.

Access to this resource is provided as part of the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI).