PUBLICATIONS
Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales
Scientific work becomes recognised by being published in a scientific journal. Much innovative research (e.g. Lawrence Hargrave's work on flight) was first brought to the attention of the scientific world through the Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales.
The Journal and Proceedings provides a medium for publication of scientific research within an Australian context. All papers are peer reviewed. Abstracts of post-graduate theses are also printed. The Journal and Proceedings are exchanged with hundreds of institutions worldwide. Currently issues are published around June and December each year. On the right hand side you can find links to the contents of Journals from 1969 onwards. The Journal's ISSN number is ISSN 0035-9173.
The society welcomes authors to publish their research or reviews in our Journal. Click here for detailed Information for Authors. Intending authors must read the style guide, available via the above link, before preparing their manuscript for review.
History of the Journal and Proceedings
Each member of the 1821 Society furnished the secretary with an alphabetical catalogue of the books in his private library, and these were available on loan to other members. At that stage the Society had no journal, but some of the papers read were included in a book edited by Barron Field, one of its members, and published in London 1825.
The Philosophical Society of 1850 likewise had no journal, but its proceedings were reported very fully in the local press. In 1857 selected papers and abstracts were printed in The Sydney Magazine of Science and Art, a private commercial venture, but the arrangement lasted for only a year or two, and recourse was had again to the public press. In 1866 appeared the Society's own publication, the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales, 1862-1865. The Royal Society of New South Wales initiated the yearly publication of Transactions in 1867, and ten years later the present title Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales was adopted.
The Bulletin and Proceedings
The Society distributes a monthly Bulletin to Members, appraising them of forthcoming meetings, speakers' biographies, summaries of talks, news and annually the Proceedings of the Society.