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This year marks the 350th anniversary of the launch of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society —the world's first scientific journal. This innovative way of recording the Royal Society's business proved to be a model for scientific publishing as we now know it. It provided a means of

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  • The 350th anniversary of scientific publishing: van Leeuwenhoek, the most prolific author of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

  • This year marks the 350th anniversary of the launch of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society—the world’s first scientific journal

  • During the course of this year, we will commemorate some of the publications from the archives of Philosophical Transactions in the fields represented in Open Biology

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The 350th anniversary of scientific publishing: van Leeuwenhoek, the most prolific author of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. This year marks the 350th anniversary of the launch of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society—the world’s first scientific journal. This innovative way of recording the Royal Society’s business proved to be a model for scientific publishing as we know it. The history of the Society’s publishing enterprises is truly fascinating and can be accessed at https://royalsociety.org/publishing350/.

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