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Philosophical Transactions later Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Phil. Trans.) is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society. It was established in 1665,[1] making it the first journal in the world exclusively devoted to science. It is also the world's longest-running scientific journal. The slightly earlier Journal des sçavans published some science (about a third of its material, compared to Phil Trans 85%), also containing subject matter from other fields of learning, and its main content type was book reviews (86%; Phil. Trans. contained proportionally far fewer at 18%).[2][3][4] The use of the word "Philosophical" in the title refers to "natural philosophy", which was the equivalent of what would now be generically called "science". "Transactions" meanwhile was often applied to ephemeral literature including newsbooks - early newspapers - and refers to the dealings or doings, often of groups of individuals including parliament, as well as transitory committees within organisations.[5]