Referees' reports: volume 72, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/72
Date: 1949
Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1949.
Notable referees and authors include Klaus/Karl Fuchs, Charles Maurice Yonge and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
When report is on a standardised form (E), the questions are:
1. Whether or not the paper should be read before the Society
2. Whether the paper contains contributions to knowledge of sufficient scientific interest for the space required
3. Whether any portions or illustrations of the paper are redundant
4. Whether it should be published by the Society
5. Whether it should be published in 'Philosophical Transactions' or 'Proceedings'
6.Whether it could be published by some other body
7. General remarks
- Reference number
- RR/72
- Earliest possible date
- 1949
- Physical description
- Loose paper in folders
- Page extent
- Two boxes comprising 286 reports
- Format
- Manuscript
Typescript
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Referees' reports: volume 72, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1949, RR/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72/referees-reports-volume-72-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 04 November 2024
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This volume contains 286 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The effects of antero-posterior reversal of lengths of the primitive streak in the chick' by Michael Abercrombie
07 August 1949 Creator: John Zachary Young Reference number: RR/72/1 -
Letter from Conrad Hal Waddington, on a paper 'The effects of antero-posterior reversal of lengths of the primitive streak in the chick' by Michael Abercrombie to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
18 August 1949 Creator: Conrad Hal Waddington Reference number: RR/72/2 -
Referee's report by Conrad Hal Waddington, on a paper 'The effects of antero-posterior reversal of lengths of the primitive streak in the chick' by Michael Abercrombie
1949 Creator: Conrad Hal Waddington Reference number: RR/72/3 -
Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The influence of nerve fibres on Schwann cell migration investigated in tissue culture' by Michael Abercrombie, M L Johnson and G A Thomas
1949 Creator: John Zachary Young Reference number: RR/72/4
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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