Portico (www.portico.org/digital-preservation/) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Royal Society to preserve its entire collection of seven e-journals. Through this agreement with Portico, the Royal Society furthers its preservation strategy, which includes participation in JSTOR since 1999 on behalf of six journals, and ensures that these e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students.
Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is one of the world’s oldest scientific academies in continuous existence. The Society publishes journals covering the broad spectrum of the life sciences, physical sciences and cross-disciplinary sciences. Among these journals is Philosophical Transactions, the longest-running scientific journal in the world, first published in March of 1665.
With the inclusion of the Royal Society’s seven e-journals, over 10,800 e-journals and 34,000 e-books from 94 publishers on behalf of over 2,000 societies and associations have now been entrusted to the Portico archive. Further, nearly 15 million articles are currently preserved in Portico. For a complete list of Portico-related facts and figures, please visit Portico’s Archive Facts & Figures The complete list of titles and participating publishers is available at www.portico.org/digital-preservation/.