Referees' reports: volume 31, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/31
Date: 1924
Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1924.
Notable referees and authors include Charles Tate Regan, Ernest Henry Starling and Vincent Brian Wigglesworth.
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 Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society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/31
- Earliest possible date
- 1924
- Physical description
- Loose paper in folders
- Page extent
- One box comprising 89 reports
- Format
- Typescript
Manuscript
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Referees' reports: volume 31, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1924, RR/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_31/referees-reports-volume-31-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 11 October 2024
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This volume contains 89 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'On the band-spectra of silicon oxide and chloride, and chlorides of carbon, boron, and aluminium' by W Jevons
May 1924 Creator: Thomas Ralph Merton Reference number: RR/31/1 -
Referee's report by Edwin Stephen Goodrich, on a paper 'Contributions to the comparative anatomy of the reptilian and the amphibian eye, chiefly based on ophthalmological examination' by George Lindsay Johnson
September 1924 Creator: Edwin Stephen Goodrich Reference number: RR/31/2 -
Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Ultra-violet emission bands associated with oxygen' by R C Johnson
April 1924 Creator: Alfred Fowler Reference number: RR/31/3 -
Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Contributions to the comparative anatomy of the reptilian and the amphibian eye, chiefly based on ophthalmological examination' by George Lindsay Johnson
July 1924 Creator: James Peter Hill Reference number: RR/31/4
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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