All of our prices are set to prevent double charging for open access but our four popular subscription packages offer up to 15% discount over purchasing individual titles.
Check out our 2018 Journals Catalogue for further information and pricing.
Package subscribers have lease access to the journal archive for as long as the subscription remains active, see below for more information. Permanent access to our journal archive will soon be available as a one-off purchase, find out more about archive purchasing options.
Prices for multi-site institutions, corporate institutions or consortia members are available on request.
The Excellence in Science Collection (Package S)
Our most popular package, The Excellence in Science Collection, comes with free and exclusive lease access to all journal content published since 1665. Purchase these 10 leading science journals and receive 15% discount on the full-rate subscription price.
- Biology Letters
- Journal of Royal Society Interface
- Interface Focus
- Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
- Proceedings A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Proceedings B: Biological Sciences
- Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
- Open Biology (open access and online only)
- Royal Society Open Science (open access and online only)
Our 2018 prices are:
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Online only
|
Online and Print
|
GBP Pound sterling
|
£11,157 |
£15,617 |
USD United States dollar
|
$20,981 |
$29,370 |
EUR Euro
|
€14,501 |
€29,370 |
The Physical Sciences Collection (Package A)
The Physical Sciences Collection comes with free and exclusive lease access to all physical sciences content published since 1665. Purchase these 5 leading science journals and receive 10% discount on the full-rate subscription price.
- Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Proceedings A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Journal of Royal Society Interface
- Interface Focus
- Royal Society Open Science (open access and online only)
Our 2018 prices are:
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Online only
|
Online and Print
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GBP Pound sterling
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£7,068 |
£9,894 |
USD United States dollar
|
$13,210 |
$18,492 |
EUR Euro
|
€9,188 |
€12,861 |
The Biological Sciences Collection (Package B)
The Biological Sciences Collection comes with free and exclusive lease access to all biological sciences content published since 1665. Purchase these 7 leading science journals and receive 10% discount on the full-rate subscription price.
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
- Proceedings B: Biological Sciences
- Biology Letters
- Journal of Royal Society Interface
- Interface Focus
- Open Biology (open access and online only)
- Royal Society Open Science (open access and online only)
Our 2018 prices are:
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Online only
|
Online and Print
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GBP Pound sterling
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£7,839 |
£10,973 |
USD United States dollar
|
$14,706 |
$20,586 |
EUR Euro
|
€10,973 |
€14,264 |
The History of Science Collection (Package H)
The History of Science Collection comes with free lease access to all Notes and Records and Biographical Memoirs content published since the 20th century. Purchase these 2 journals and receive 10% discount on the full-rate subscription price.
Our 2018 prices are:
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Online only
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Online and Print
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GBP Pound sterling
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£272 |
£306
|
USD United States dollar
|
$512
|
$575 |
EUR Euro
|
€352 |
€396 |
Lease Access for Package Subscribers
Lease access to the complete Royal Society journals archive to date (1665-present) is available for free as part of the Royal Society's journal subscription packages, while the subscription remains active. If the subscription to the package lapses libraries will only maintain access to the years they originally subscribed to.
The below table shows which titles are available in each subscription package as part of the free lease access.
Journal Title |
Date range |
Pakcage A |
Package B |
Package H
|
Package S
|
Philosophical Transactions |
1665 – 1775 |
Included |
Included |
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
1776 – 1886 |
Included |
Included |
|
Included |
Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
1800 – 1843 |
Included |
Included |
|
Included |
Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London |
1843 – 1854 |
Included |
Included |
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |
1854 – 1905 |
Included |
Included |
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A |
1887 – 1895 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B |
1887 – 1985 |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character |
1896 – 1934 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character |
1896 – 1934 |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character |
1905 – 1934 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character |
1905 – 1934 |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical & Physical Sciences |
1934 – 1990 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences |
1934 – 1990 |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical & Physical Sciences |
1934 – 1990 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences |
1934 – 1990 |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |
1935 – 1954 |
|
|
Included |
|
Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |
1938 – 1996 |
|
|
Included |
Included |
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |
1955 – present |
|
|
Included |
|
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A: Physical & Engineering Sciences |
1990 – 1995 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
1990 – present |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical & Physical Sciences |
1990 – 1995 |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
1990 – present |
|
Included |
|
Included |
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Physical, Mathematics & Engineering Sciences |
1996 – present |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Physical, Mathematics & Engineering Sciences |
1996 – present |
Included |
|
|
Included |
Notes and Records of the Royal Society |
1997 – 2013 |
|
|
Included |
Included |