The Excellence in Science Collection includes our highly regarded science journals at a 15% discount and is by far our bestselling package. It is suitable for universities and institutions with research and teaching in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics and Life Sciences. Our broad interdisciplinary approach and mission to help scientists communicate makes the journals highly relevant for all science faculties.
The Biological Sciences Collection includes our five leading biology and life sciences titles and is a more tightly focussed package suitable for teaching hospitals, medical schools, pharmaceutical R&D and healthcare agencies.
The Physical Sciences Collection includes relevant content for Physics, Engineering and Mathematics faculties, government departments, and corporate libraries in energy, engineering, aerospace and materials science.
In addition to our subscription journals we have two fast growing open access titles; the multidisciplinary Royal Society Open Science and cellular and molecular biology journal, Open Biology.
Older material is now part of our Royal Society Journals Archive.
Packages in detail
Our subscription prices are set to prevent double charging for subscriptions and APCs. 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, 'Excellence in Science' comes with free access to all journal content published since 1665 at a 15% discount on the full subscription price.
Purchase Package S for subscriptions to:
Journal of Royal Society Interface
Cross-disciplinary research bridging the life sciences / physical sciences divide.
Interface Focus
Themed issues on vital topics covering cross-disciplinary research.
Philosophical Transactions A
Influential themed journal issues across physical science; physics, mathematics and engineering.
Proceedings A
Research articles in chemical, computational, mathematical, physical, engineering and earth sciences.
Philosophical Transactions B
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
Proceedings B
Dedicated to the fast publication and worldwide dissemination of high-quality biological research.
Biology Letters
Short innovative research from across the biological sciences.
Notes and Records
Original, international research in the history of science, technology and medicine.
Our 2025 prices are:
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| GBP Pound sterling | £11,120 |
| USD United States dollar | $20,936 |
| EUR Euro | €14,459 |
The Physical Sciences Collection
Package A
Cutting edge research in the physical sciences at a 10% discount on the full price. Comes with free access to all physical sciences content published since 1665.
Purchase Package A for subscriptions to:
Philosophical Transactions A
Influential themed journal issues across physical science; physics, mathematics and engineering.
Proceedings A
Research articles in chemical, computational, mathematical, physical, engineering and earth sciences.
Journal of Royal Society Interface
Cross-disciplinary research bridging the life sciences / physical sciences divide.
Interface Focus
Themed issues on vital topics covering cross-disciplinary research
Our 2025 prices are:
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Online only |
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| GBP Pound sterling | £7,171 |
| USD United States dollar | $13,423 |
| EUR Euro | €9,321 |
The Biological Sciences Collection
Package B
Vital developments in biological and life sciences at a 10% discount on the full subscription price. Comes with free access to all biological sciences content published since 1665.
Purchase Package B for subscriptions to:
Biology Letters
Short, innovative research from across the biological sciences.
Philosophical Transactions B
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
Proceedings B
Dedicated to the fast publication and worldwide dissemination of high-quality biological research.
Journal of Royal Society Interface
Cross-disciplinary research bridging the life sciences / physical sciences divide.
Interface Focus
Themed issues on vital topics covering cross-disciplinary research.
Our 2025 prices are:
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Online only |
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| GBP Pound sterling | £7,459 |
| USD United States dollar | $14,011 |
| EUR Euro | €9,700 |
Lease Access for package subscribers
As long as you have an active subscription with us your faculty, researchers and students will also have access to the complete Royal Society Journals Archive, 1665-present. If the subscription lapses your library will continue to have access to years you subscribed to, but will lose access to older content. Perpetual access to the journals archive is also available to purchase.
The table shows which titles are available as part of the free lease access that comes with every subscription package:
| Journal Title | Date range | Package A | Package B | Package S | |||
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| Philosophical Transactions | 1665 – 1775 | ✔ | ✔ |
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| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London | 1776 – 1886 | ✔ | ✔ |
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| Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London | 1800 – 1843 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London | 1843 – 1854 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London | 1854 – 1905 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A | 1887 – 1895 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B | 1887 – 1985 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character | 1896 – 1934 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character | 1896 – 1934 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character | 1905 – 1934 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character | 1905 – 1934 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical & Physical Sciences | 1934 – 1990 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences | 1934 – 1990 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical & Physical Sciences | 1934 – 1990 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences | 1934 – 1990 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society | 1935 – 1954 | ||||||
| Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London | 1938 – 1996 | ✔ | |||||
| Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | 1955 – present | ||||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A: Physical & Engineering Sciences | 1990 – 1995 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 1990 – present | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical & Physical Sciences | 1990 – 1995 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 1990 – present | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Physical, Mathematics & Engineering Sciences | 1996 – present | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Physical, Mathematics & Engineering Sciences | 1996 – present | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Notes and Records of the Royal Society | 1997 – 2013 | ✔ | |||||
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