▁substantial ▁international ▁circul ation ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁for ▁example , ▁just ▁ 1 1 % ▁of ▁institution al ▁subscri ptions ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ; ▁ 5 0 % ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Cont ribution s , ▁however , ▁were ▁still ▁mostly ▁from ▁British ▁authors : ▁ 6 9 % ▁of ▁Royal ▁Society ▁authors ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁A ▁Publications ▁Policy ▁Committee ▁suggested ▁that ▁more ▁over se as ▁scient ists ▁could ▁be ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁submit ▁papers ▁if ▁the ▁requirement ▁to ▁have ▁papers ▁communic ated ▁by ▁F ell ows ▁was ▁dropped . ▁This ▁did ▁not ▁happen ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁suggestion ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁" C " ▁journal ▁for ▁mole cular ▁sciences ▁to ▁attract ▁more ▁authors ▁in ▁that ▁area , ▁but ▁the ▁idea ▁never ▁material ized . ▁The ▁conclusion ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁was ▁a ▁general ▁appeal ▁to ▁encou rage ▁more ▁British ▁scient ists ▁( wh ether ▁F ell ows ▁or ▁not ) ▁to ▁publish ▁papers ▁with ▁the ▁Society ▁and ▁to ▁pass ▁on ▁the ▁message ▁to ▁their ▁over se as ▁colle agues ; ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁the ▁proportion ▁of ▁non - UK ▁authors ▁had ▁ris en ▁to ▁around ▁a ▁half ; ▁and ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁it ▁had ▁passed ▁ 8 0 %. ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁came ▁to ▁a ▁close , ▁the ▁editing ▁of ▁the