Celebrating 350 years of academic journals

Celebrating 350 years of the Royal Society

Back in the 1660s, the Royal Society’s founders met regularly to discuss scientific ideas and perform experiments; the outcomes of their experiments and discussions were recorded in the Society’s Transactions. The world of science has been utterly transformed since that era. Nonetheless, these activities, pioneered by the Society, remain the accepted procedures whereby scientific ideas are crit...

Celebrating 350 years of Philosophical Transactions: physical sciences papers

This theme issue of Philosophical Transactions A has been produced as an integral component of the Royal Society’s celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Philosophical Transactions, the world’s oldest scientific journal. The issue contains 16 commentaries, each of which is focused on a major scientific advance in the physical, mathematical or engineering ...

Celebrating 350 years of Philosophical Transactions: life sciences papers

One contribution of 18 to a theme issue 'Celebrating 350 years of Philosophical Transactions: life sciences papers'. Editor-in-Chief This special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B has been commissioned to mark the Royal Society's celebration of the 350th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Philosophical Transactions, the world's oldest scientific journa...

Celebrating 50 years

5 0 years ago, what would soon evolve to become the profession of respiratory therapy emerged as the Canadian Society of Inhalation Therapy Technicians. One year following the inception of the Society, Canadian Inhalation Therapy published its first issue. From the outset of the profession, research, evaluation and knowledge translation have been fundamental to advancing our understanding of re...

350 Years of Scientific Periodicals.