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We welcome submissions of high quality science from anywhere in the world. When submitting please ensure the topic of your research is a good match for the scope of the journal (details are linked in the tables below), a <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/language-polishing/" style="color: #ba0c2f; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;">good standard of English</a> and that you have met the necessary <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/" style="color: #ba0c2f; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;">publishing ethics</a>.</p><ul> <li><a href="#research-papers">For research papers</a></li> <li><a href="#transfers">For transfers</a></li> <li><a href="#theme-issue-proposals">For theme issue proposals</a></li> <li><a href="#article-types">For other article types</a></li></ul><h2><a name="research-papers"></a>For research papers</h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th> <strong>Journal</strong> </th> <th> <strong>Scientific discipline</strong> </th> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspa">Proceedings A</a>**</em></td> <td>Physical science </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsif">Interface</a>**</em></td> <td>Cross-disciplinary science</td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb">Proceedings B</a>**</em></td> <td>Biological science</td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsbl">Biology Letters</a>**</em></td> <td>Biological science (short format)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsob">Open Biology</a>*</em></td> <td>Biological science (molecular)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsos">Royal Society Open Science</a>*</em></td> <td>All of science</td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsnr">Notes and Records</a></em></td> <td>History of science</td> </tr> </tbody></table><p>*Fully open access<br />**Plan S and OSTP compliant <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/which-journal/open-access/">Transformative Journal</a></p><h2><a name="transfers"></a>For transfers</h2><p>If your article is declined by <em>Proceedings A</em>, <em>Interface</em>, <em>Proceedings B</em>, <em>Biology Letters</em> or <em>Open Biology</em> on the basis of scope or competition for space, editors may provide the opportunity to <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/author-guidelines/#transfers">transfer</a> the manuscript and peer review reports to another Royal Society journal (see above for more details of scope). The majority of transfers are to <em>Royal Society Open Science </em>which considers high-quality, scientifically rigorous original research across the entire range of science.</p><p>Benefits of transfer:</p><ul> <li>Saves reformatting for submission to another publisher</li> <li>Referee reports can be reused meaning many papers are accepted quickly without further external review</li> <li>Free open access publication still if your institution is one of our <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/read-and-publish/read-publish-agreements/">Transformative Agreement partners</a>. Also <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/open-access/#waivers">APC waiver options</a> for <em>Royal Society Open Science</em> and <em>Open Biology</em>.</li></ul><h2><a name="theme-issue-proposals"></a>For theme issue proposals</h2><p>The following journals only publish theme issues. Submission of individual articles is not considered. 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Find out more about the <a href="https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/benefits/theme-issue/">benefits of editing a theme issue</a>.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th> <strong>Journal</strong> </th> <th> <strong>Scientific discipline</strong> </th> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsta">Philosophical Transactions A</a></em><br /> </td> <td>Physical science <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsfs">Interface Focus</a></em></td> <td>Cross-disciplinary science</td> </tr> <tr> <td><em><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rstb">Philosophical Transactions B</a></em></td> <td>Biological science</td> </tr> </tbody></table><h2><a name="article-types"></a>For other article types</h2><p>Our journals also publish a range of other article types.</p><p>Our <a 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