Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

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Royal Society journal academic journal peer-reviewed journal scientific journal

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is a pioneering scientific journal, first published in 1665, that is widely regarded as the world’s oldest continuously published journal devoted to science.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society canonical	10
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A	2
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London	2
Phil. Trans. R. Soc.	1
Philosophical Transactions	1
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B	1
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58341 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Context triple: [Royal Society, hasPublication, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

A. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal featuring research articles, historical studies, and papers presented under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society.
B. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal that publishes monographic studies and research across a wide range of academic disciplines.
C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is a leading peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal publishing high-impact research across the biological, physical, and social sciences.
D. Physical Review
Physical Review is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal series covering research across all areas of physics.
E. Royal Society
The Royal Society is the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, renowned as one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Target entity description: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is a pioneering scientific journal, first published in 1665, that is widely regarded as the world’s oldest continuously published journal devoted to science.

A. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal featuring research articles, historical studies, and papers presented under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society.
B. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal that publishes monographic studies and research across a wide range of academic disciplines.
C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is a leading peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal publishing high-impact research across the biological, physical, and social sciences.
D. Physical Review
Physical Review is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal series covering research across all areas of physics.
E. Royal Society
The Royal Society is the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, renowned as one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Society journal ⓘ academic journal ⓘ peer-reviewed journal ⓘ scientific journal ⓘ
associatedWith	Royal Society of London ⓘ linked to: Royal Society
countryOfPublication	United Kingdom ⓘ
discipline	natural philosophy ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ science ⓘ
editorInChief	Royal Society-appointed editor ⓘ
firstEditor	Henry Oldenburg ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1665 ⓘ
founder	Henry Oldenburg ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Phil. Trans. R. Soc. ⓘ linked to: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
hasDigitalAccess	available online via Royal Society website ⓘ
hasDisciplineCoverage	multidisciplinary science ⓘ
hasISSN	print and electronic ISSNs assigned ⓘ
hasLegacy	model for later scientific journals ⓘ
hasNotableRole	development of modern scientific communication ⓘ dissemination of scientific discoveries ⓘ
hasOnlineEdition	true ⓘ
hasOriginalMedium	printed paper journal ⓘ
hasOriginPeriod	Scientific Revolution ⓘ
hasPrintEdition	true ⓘ
hasPublicationType	learned journal ⓘ scholarly journal ⓘ
hasPublisherLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
hasSubject	experimental science ⓘ observational science ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the earliest scientific journals ⓘ world’s oldest continuously published journal devoted to science ⓘ
inception	1665 ⓘ
isFlagshipJournalOf	Royal Society ⓘ
isOldestContinuouslyPublishedScienceJournal	true ⓘ
isPartOf	Royal Society publishing programme ⓘ
isPioneeringScientificJournal	true ⓘ
isPublishedContinuouslySince	1665 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
peerReview	yes ⓘ
publicationFormat	journal ⓘ
publicationFrequency	periodical ⓘ
publishedBy	Royal Society ⓘ
publisher	Royal Society ⓘ
shortName	Philosophical Transactions ⓘ linked to: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
subjectArea	natural philosophy research ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
title	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Society → hasPublication → Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ⓘ

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society → title → Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ⓘ

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society → shortName → Philosophical Transactions ⓘ