Referees' reports: volume 26, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/26
Date: 1920-1921
Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1920-1921.
Notable referees and authors include William Lawrence Balls, James Alfred Ewing and Percy Alexander MacMahon.
When report is on a standardised form (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 Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society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/26
- Earliest possible date
- 1920-1921
- Physical description
- Loose paper in folders
- Page extent
- One box comprising 156 reports
- Format
- Typescript
Manuscript
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Referees' reports: volume 26, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1920-1921, RR/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26/referees-reports-volume-26-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 24 March 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 158 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The properties and molecular structure of thin films of palmitic acid on water. Part I' by Neil Kensington Adam
May 1921 Creator: Thomas Martin Lowry Reference number: RR/26/1 -
Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'The properties and molecular structure of thin films of palmitic acid on water. Part I' by Neil Kensington Adam
April 1921 Creator: Samuel Walter Johnson Smith Reference number: RR/26/2 -
Referee's report by Frederick Orpen Bower, on a paper 'On the development and morphology of the leaves of palms' by Agnes Arber
October 1921 Creator: Frederick Orpen Bower Reference number: RR/26/3 -
Referee's report by Henry Cort Harold Carpenter, on a paper 'On the correlation of the chemical constitutions of "true steel" to their micrographic structures' by John Oliver Arnold
29 December 1921 Creator: Henry Cort Harold Carpenter Reference number: RR/26/4
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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
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.
Dates: 1832 - 1954
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