British science journals are being revamped

Abstract

This year the Royal Society of London's scientific journals are undergoing their first major reorganization in many years, the intention being to interest a broader international audience and to attract a wider range of prospective authors. The changes include new procedures for submitting papers to the physical and mathematical sciences journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A . Previously, a researcher had to contact a fellow or foreign member of the Royal Society and persuade him or her to communicate the paper to a journal. Clearly, for authors residing outside the U.K., that was not always an easy or convenient thing to do, says Michael E. Fisher, a professor in the Institute for Physical Science & Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a regional editor of Proceedings A . Furthermore, the fellow in question might well not be very expert in the subject of the author's paper, which can certainly be ...