<P> Proceedings of the Royal Society B publishes research related to biological sciences . As of 2017 the editor - in - chief is Professor Spencer Barrett . Topics covered in particular include ecology, behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as epidemiology, human biology, neuroscience, palaeontology, psychology, and biomechanics . The journal publishes predominately research articles and reviews, as well as comments, replies, and commentaries . In 2005, Biology Letters (originally a supplement to Proceedings B), was launched as an independent journal publishing short articles from across biology . According to Journal Citation Reports, As of 2015 the journal has an impact factor of 4.823 . </P> <P> The journal started out in 1800 as the Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London . The Royal Society published four volumes, from 1800 to 1843 . Volumes 5 and 6, which appeared from 1843 to 1854, were called Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London . Starting with volume 7, in 1854, the Proceedings first appeared under the name Proceedings of the Royal Society of London . Publication of the proceedings in this form continued to volume 75 in 1905 . </P> <P> Starting with volume 76, the Proceedings were split into </P> <Ul> <Li> Proceedings of the Royal Society of London . Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character </Li> <Li> Proceedings of the Royal Society of London . Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character . </Li> </Ul>

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