▁Trans actions ▁and ▁the ▁Society ' s ▁other ▁journ als ▁became ▁more ▁professional ▁with ▁the ▁employ ment ▁of ▁a ▁growing ▁in - house ▁staff ▁of ▁edit ors , ▁design ers ▁and ▁mark eters . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁there ▁were ▁about ▁eleven ▁staff ▁in ▁the ▁Publishing ▁Section ; ▁by ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁the ▁number ▁had ▁ris en ▁to ▁twenty - two . ▁The ▁editor ial ▁processes ▁were ▁also ▁transformed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁the ▁Section al ▁Comm itte es ▁had ▁been ▁abol ished ▁( ag ain ). ▁Instead , ▁the ▁secret aries , ▁Har rie ▁M asse y ▁( phys ic ist ) ▁and ▁Bernard ▁K atz ▁( phys i ologist ), ▁were ▁each ▁assigned ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁F ell ows ▁to ▁act ▁as ▁Associ ate ▁Edit ors ▁for ▁each ▁series ▁(" A " ▁and ▁" B ") ▁of ▁the ▁Trans actions . ▁The ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁Committee ▁of ▁Pap ers ▁was ▁abol ished ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁and ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁two ▁F ell ows ▁( r ather ▁than ▁the ▁Secret aries ) ▁have ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁Edit ors ▁with ▁assistance ▁from ▁associate ▁edit ors . ▁The ▁edit ors ▁serve ▁on ▁the ▁Publishing ▁Board , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁to ▁monitor ▁publishing ▁and ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁Council . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁as ▁these ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁publishing ▁and ▁editor ial ▁teams ▁were ▁implemented , ▁the ▁Publishing ▁Section ▁acquired ▁its ▁first