Referees' reports: volume 42, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication

Reference number: RR/42

Date: 1930-1931

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Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1930 to 1931.

Notable referees and authors include Eric Ponder, Louis Rosenhead and Nevil Vincent Sedgwick.

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 Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society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/42
Earliest possible date: 1930-1931
Physical description: Loose paper in folders
Page extent: One box comprising 100 reports
Format: Manuscript
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Referees' reports: volume 42, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1930-1931, RR/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_42/referees-reports-volume-42-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 10 October 2024

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This volume contains 100 manuscripts:

Referee's report by Thomas Stanton, on two papers 'Explosion waves and shock waves. Part I.—The wave-speed camera and its application to the photography of bullets in flight' and 'Explosion waves and shock waves Part II—The shock wave and explosion products sent out by blasting detonators' by William Payman and Donald Whitley Woodhead
March 1931 Creator: Thomas Edward Stanton Reference number: RR/42/1
Referee's report by Joseph Arthur Arkwright, on a paper 'Inactivation and reactivation of the virus of herpes' by J R Perdrau
October 1931 Creator: Joseph Arthur Arkwright Reference number: RR/42/2
Referee's report by James Charles Philip, on a paper 'Interfacial tension and hydrogen-ion concentration' by Rudolph Albert Peters
May 1931 Creator: James Charles Philip Reference number: RR/42/3
Referee's report by James Charles Philip, on a paper 'The influence of hydrogen-ion concentration upon the adsorption of weak electrolytes by pure charcoal.—Part II' by Harold John Phelps
May 1931 Creator: James Charles Philip Reference number: RR/42/4

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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.

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