Referees' reports: volume 22, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/22
Date: 1915
Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1915.
Notable referees and authors include William Henry Bragg, Francis Darwin and William Lawrence Balls.
From 1915 onwards, when report is on a standardised form (type D), the questions are:
1. Whether or not the paper should be read before the Society
2. Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society
3. Whether, in the former case, it should be published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' or 'Proceedings'
4. Whether it should be published in full or only in part or whether any material modifications are necessary
5. Which illustrations, if any, accompanying the paper should be reproduced
General remarks
- Reference number
- RR/22
- Earliest possible date
- 1915
- Physical description
- Loose paper in folders
- Page extent
- One box containing 135 papers
- Format
- Manuscript
Typescript
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Referees' reports: volume 22, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1915, RR/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_22/referees-reports-volume-22-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 10 October 2024
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This volume contains 136 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh on a paper 'The threshold of vision for different coloured lights' by William de Wiveleslie Abney and W Watson
June 1915 Creator: John William Strutt Reference number: RR/22/1 -
Referee's report by Richard Tetley Glazebrook on a paper 'The threshold of vision for different coloured lights' by William de Wiveleslie Abney and W Watson
June 1915 Creator: Richard Tetley Glazebrook Reference number: RR/22/2 -
Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'Local difference of pressure near an obstacle in oscillating water' by Hertha Ayrton
March 1915 Creator: Horace Lamb Reference number: RR/22/3 -
Referee's report by Alfred Cardew Dixon, on a paper 'On certain linear differential equations of astronomical interest' by Henry Frederick Baker
August 1915 Creator: Alfred Cardew Dixon Reference number: RR/22/4
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1831- Reference number: RR
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Referee Reports
Date: 1832-1954
This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.View collection