Referees' reports: volume 29, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/29
Date: 1923
Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1923.
Notable referees and authors include John Joly, Frederick Alexander Lindemann and Creswell Shearer.
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 Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society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/29
- Earliest possible date
- 1923
- Physical description
- Loose paper in folders
- Page extent
- Two boxes: reports 1-60; reports 61-79
- Format
- Manuscript
Typescript
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Referees' reports: volume 29, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1923, RR/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_29/referees-reports-volume-29-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 09 November 2024
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 79 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'On the constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks
25 May 1923 Creator: Alfred Fowler Reference number: RR/29/1 -
Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'The biological action of light. I - The influence of temperature' by Leonard Erskine Hill and A Eidenow
April 1923 Creator: William Maddock Bayliss Reference number: RR/29/2 -
Referee's report by Arthur Robertson Cushny, on a paper 'The pigmentary effector system. III.—Colour response in the hypophysectomised frog' by Lancelot Thomas Hogben and Frank R Winton
February 1923 Creator: Arthur Robertson Cushny Reference number: RR/29/3 -
Referee's report by James Charles Philip, on a paper 'The catalytic decomposition of sodium hypochlorite by cobalt peroxide' by Owen Rhys Howell
30 April 1923 Creator: James Charles Philip Reference number: RR/29/4
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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