Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1853	According to an article in Wikipedia entitled California Academy of Sciences, this organization was founded in 1853.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
San Franciso USA	This location is supported by its website ()
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1854 - 1868	California Academy of Natural Sciences	Catalogue records.
1868 -	California Academy of Sciences	Catalogue records.
California Academy of Sciences

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1.1854 - 3.1863/67(1868)   1854-A	Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences Continued by 1868-A [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Pr. Cal. Ac. N. Sci. [Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Vol. 11, No. 3/4 (1884), p.271 cites 2, 1862.] Pr. Cal. Acad. N. Sci. [Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Vol. 6 (1877), p.25 cites 3.] Pr. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 20 (1868), p.83 cites p.123; neither volume nor year is given; hence it is likely that the first volume is intended.] Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sc. [Condor, Vol. 4, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1902), p.104 cites II. 1861.] Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sci. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 15 (1863), p.207 cites vol. ii] Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. [Auk, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan., 1886), p.125 cites 1868.] Proceed. Califor. Acad. Nat. Sc. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 9 (1857), p.165 cites vol. i.]
4.1868/72(1873) - 7.1876; 2.Ser. 1.1888(1889) - 6.1896(1897);   1868-A	Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Records in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) give the following sequence of titles for this journal: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences for 4.1868/72(1873) - 7.1876; 2.Ser. 1.1888(1889) - 6.1896(1897); at which point the journal split into the following titles Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences / Geology for 3.Ser. 1.1897/1904 - 2.1902/05 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences / Mathematics, physics for 3.Ser. 1.1898/1903 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences / Zoology for 3.Ser. 1.1897/99 - 4.1905/06 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences / Botany for 3.Ser. 1.1897/1900 - 2.1900/04: and then these journals rejoined as: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences for 4.Ser. 1.1907/12 - 61.2010; 62.2015 - Continues 1854-A [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Cal. Acad. Proc. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 27, No. 5 (May, 1899), p.343 cites 4, 1872.] Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Sep., 1934), p.353 cites (4) vol. 18, 1929.] Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. Bot. [Mycologia, Vol. 77, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1985), p.733 cites III 1, 1899.] Calif. Academy Sci., Proc. [Herpetologica, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Dec. 30, 1940), p.30 cites (4) 13, 1924.] P. Cal. Ac. Sci. [Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Vol. 32, No. 2 (1906), p.132 cites (2) iv, 1894. Pr. Cal. Ac. Sci. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1904), p.108 cites 1896.] Pro. Cal. Acad. of Sciences [Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., Vol. 37, No. 157 (Jan., 1898), p.9 cites Vol. vii, 1877.] Proc. Cal. Ac. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 13, No. 5 (May, 1879), p.308 cites 1876.] Proc. Cal. Ac. Sc. [Condor, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1905), p.132 cites 2nd Ser. I, 1888.] Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. [Auk, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1890), p.61 cites 2d. ser. II, 1889.] Proc. Cal. Acad. [Contrib. US. Nat. Herbarium, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1892), p.154 cites ser. 2. iii, 1891.] Proc. Cal. Acad. of Sci. [Am. Naturalist., Vol. 33, No. 388 (Apr., 1899), p.344 cites Ser. 3, Zoöl., Vol. I.] Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc. [Auk, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1890), p.215 cites VI, 1875.] Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. [Am. Naturalist., Vol. 26, No. 309 (Sep., 1892), p.796 cites iii, 1891.] Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Botany) [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 28, No. 12 (Dec., 1901), p.698 cites III. 2, 1901.] Proc. Cal. Acad. Sciences [Am. Naturalist., Vol. 24, No. 284 (Aug., 1890), p.749 cites 2d Ser., II.] Proc. Cal. Academy of Sci. [Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Vol. 53, No. 3 (Sep., 1927), p.259 cites (2) IV, 1895.] Proc. Cal. Academy of Sciences [Ann. Botany, Vol. 14, No. 53 (March, 1900), p.105 cites iii. Bot., vol. i, 1899.] Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. [Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., Vol. 78, No. 2 (Dec. 10, 1937), p.303 cites Ser. 4, 17, 1928.] Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Zool.) [Crustaceana, Vol. 88, No. 4 (April 2015), p.501 cites (3) 3, 1904.] Proc. Calif. Academy of Sciences [Auk, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct., 1928), p.521 cites Vol. XVII, 1928.] Proc. Californ. Ac. of Sc., 3rd Ser., Geology [Annales Géog., 52e Année, No. 292 (Octobre-Décembre 1943), p.258 cites col. I, 1897 - 1904.] Proc. Californ. Acad. [Öster. Bot. Z, Vol. 48, No. 7 (Juli 1898), p.241 cites V, 1895.] Proc. California Acad. Sci. [Geographical Review, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Sep., 1918), p.232 cites 3d Ser. Zoology, Vol. 3, 1904.] Proceed. Californ. Acad. Sc. [Ann. Natur. Hist. Mus. Wien., 10. Bd., häft 3/4 (1895), p.120 cites Ser. 2, Vol. V, 1895.] Proceed. of the Californ. Acad. [Öster. Botan. Z., Vol. 81, No. 4 (1932), p.303 cites IV, ser. I (1911).] Proceedings of the Cal. Acad. Sci. [J. Am. Geog. Soc. NY., Vol. 32, No. 5 (1900), p.397 cites 1895.] Proceeds. Cal. Acad. Sci. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 29, No. 347 (Nov., 1895), p.988 cites (2) IV] Proceedings of the Cal. Acad. Sci. [J. Am. Geog. Soc. NY., Vol. 32, No. 5 (1900), p.397 cites 1895.]
1.1868 -   1868-B	Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Calif. Acad. Sci. Mem.. [Science, New Series, Vol. 266, No. 5183 (Oct. 14, 1994), p.270 cites 8, 1986.] Mem. Cal. Acad. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Apr. 25, 1894), p.140 cites I, 1868.] Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci. [Science, New Series, Vol. 22, No. 549 (Jul. 7, 1905), p.18 cites Vol. IV.] Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. [Proc. Roy Soc., Biological Sciences, Vol. 263, No. 1374 (Sep. 22, 1996), p.1108 cites 8, 1986.] Memoirs Calif. Acad. Sciences [American Zoologist, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Sep., 2000), p.485 cites 8, 1986.] Memoirs of Cal. Acad. Sciences [Ann. Publ. Hist. Soc. Southern Calif., Vol. 7, No. 1, (1906), p.22 cites Vol. III] Memoirs of the Cal. Acad. Sci. [J. Geology, Vol. 11, No. 7 (Oct. - Nov., 1903), p.720 cites Vol. III, 1903.]
1.1884/86(1886) - 2.1886/87(1887) = Nr. 1-8[?]   1884-A	Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Bull. Cal. Ac. of Sc. [Riv. Patol. Veg.., Vol. 2 (1893), p.326 cites 1884.] Bull. Cal. Ac. Sc. [Condor, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1905), p.131 cites II, 1887.] Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Oct., 1898), p.279 cites I, 1885.] Bull. Cal. Ac. Science [Mycologia, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Mar., 1921), p.110 cites 1884.] Bull. Cal. Acad. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 13, No. 11 (Nov., 1886), p.217 cites i.] Bull. Cal. Acad. of Sciences [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 19, No. 5 (May, 1885), p.486 cites 1885.] Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. [Mycologia, Vol. 20, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1928), p.292 cites 1, 1884.] Bull. Calif. Ac. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (May, 1942), p.751 cites 1. 1884.] Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. [J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, Vol. 17, No. 1 (21 July 2023), p.24 cites 1(4) 1885.] Bull. Californ. Acad. of Sc. [Ann. Botany, Vol. 1, No. 2 (November 1887), p.201 cites II, 1897.] Bulletin Cal. Acad. Sci. [Auk, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan., 1888), p.107 cites II, No. 7, 1887.] Cal. Acad. Sci. Bul. [Mycologia, Vol. 49, No. 3 (May - Jun., 1957), p.412 cites 1, 1884.]
1.1890 - 148.1993; 149.2000 -   1890-A	Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Cal. Academy of Science, Occasional Paper [Nat. Resources J., Vol. 40, No. 2, (Spring 2000), p.416 cites No. 47, 1964.] Calif. Acad. Sci., Occ. Pap. [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 89, No. 7 (Apr. 1, 1992), p.2751 cites 132, 1979.] Calif. Acad. Sci., Occ. Papers [J. Paleontology, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Sep., 1934), p.352 cites no. 13, 1927.] Calif. Acad. Sci., Occas. Pap. [Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Mar. 23, 1984), p.69 cites 7, 1900.] Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. of Sci. [J. Kansas Entom. Soc., Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1954), p.11 cites 8, 1901.] Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. [Copeia, Vol. 1941, No. 2 (Jul. 8, 1941), p.352 cites 7, 1922.] Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. [J. Arizona Nevada Acad. Sci., Vol. 19, No. 1, (1984), p.88 cites 1968.] Occ. Papers Cal. Ac. of Sc. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1901), p.23 cites No. 5 (1897).] Occ. Papers, Cal. Acad. of Sci. [J. Wash. Acad. Sci., Vol. 29, No. 1 (January 15, 1939), p.20 cites 1, 1890.] Occ. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci. [American Zoologist, Vol. 17, No. 2, (Spring, 1977), p.484 cites 33, 1961.] Occ. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci. [J. Herpetology, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jun., 1983), p.191 cites 10, 1922.] Occas. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 91 (1939), p.222 cites Vol. 1, 1890.] Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. [Biotropica, Vol. 43, No. 2 (March 2011), p.245 cites 1993.] Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sciences [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 105, No. 2 (Jun., 1993), p.314 cites 1983.] Occas. Paper Calif. Acad. Sci. [Vegetatio, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Nov. 1, 1989), p.51 cites No. 132, 1979.] Occas. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci. [Herpetologica, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 5, 1948), p.145 cites 10, 1922.] Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 117, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1990), p.177 cites 31, 1961.] Occasional Papers Cal. Acad. Sci. [Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., New Series, Vol. 22, No. 5 (1925), p.280 cites I, 1890.]
1946(1947) -   1946-A	Annual report / California Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]