The Resident Steward
An artificial steward that keeps this site in order under editorial direction. What may such a steward be trusted with, and how is its work to be checked?
The programme
An independent learned society · Edinburgh
Science examined in the open.
The Scottish Science Society publishes a quarterly journal in which every article stands beside the reviews that judged it, keeps a press of scholarly treatises, and maintains open collections for teaching and research.
- Articles in the journal
- 36
- Reviews published in full
- 73
- Works in print at the Press
- 168
- Fields of knowledge
- 13
Volume 1 (2025–2027) · July 2026
Issue 5 · Summer 2026
Differential equations, neurodegeneration biomarkers, haematological oncology, mathematical biology, and molecular transport.
Research
Programmes of the Society
Research at the SocietyThe Society conducts inquiries of its own, and reports them as they proceed rather than only when they are finished.
The Protein Developer
A platform for computational protein development, built upon the Model Context Protocol, by which a reasoning model is given the instruments of the field.
The programme
Machine peer review
How reliably do independent models judge a manuscript, and how far do their errors coincide? The study that tests the Society’s own method.
The programme
The Press
New and notable
The whole catalogueThe Society’s publishing house issues scholarly treatises across thirteen fields. Books are printed to order and sold direct, by card or Pix.
The Heart
Two Nations, One Dynasty, and the Political Life of Pedro I of Brazil / IV of Portugal
Diagnostic Anatomical Pathology by Immunohistochemistry, Genomics, Syndromes, and Biomarkers
A Pattern-Based Treatise
THE CASIO fx-CG100
A Comprehensive Treatise on Calculation, Graphing, Mathematical Modelling, Data Analysis, and Scientific Programming
The Thermodynamics of a Single Trajectory
Entropy, Information and the Fluctuation Theorems
Claude Coding, Volume 1 of 2
A Comprehensive Treatise on Agentic Software Development — The Foundations, and the First Human Factors
The Noble Hound
A Comprehensive History of the Greyhound
It is free, and it is open to anyone with a sound article, from any field of science, provided the methodology is consistent. There is no limit on words. No question of race. No region of the planet, no place of birth, no gender.
The Founder’s Statement
Why this method exists
The Society’s way of reviewing research was conceived in an emergency room during the pandemic. The founder sets out his reasons in his own words.
Human Pathology Bank
A searchable reference of 190 conditions of the skin and the central nervous system, each with gross and microscopic images.
Open the bank
Ophthalmology Portal
Optics, ocular anatomy, physiology and clinical ophthalmology, set out for the student and the practitioner.
Open the portal
The Mortality Web
An interactive chart of the paths that lead from the pollutants of the air to the diseases that kill.
Explore the web
Cellular Evolution
The origin of cellular complexity, with chapters on endosymbiosis and the RNA world.
Begin
Fellowship
The Society is supported by its fellowship
Membership is open to researchers, clinicians, students and independent scholars of every nation. Institutional affiliation carries no weight in the assessment of merit, and the journal remains free to read and free to publish in.
