Some hidden gems in the Referees’ Reports, a cornerstone of Royal Society publishing since 1831.
Royal Society Referees’ Reports from 1832 to 1949 are now catalogued.
To celebrate Peer Review Week 2024, we've added over 1,600 Referees' Reports to our Science in the Making platform, covering the period from 1949 to 1954.
A look at the effects of World War II on the publication of scientific papers, featuring Royal Society Referees' Reports and the 'disappearance' of mathematician Frederick Gerard Friedlander.
Archival material on papers deemed unsuitable for publication by the Royal Society is being made available for the first time, as Kiera Evans reports.
Explore the history of the Royal Society and discover our timeline of key events.
Why did the Royal Society reject a 1932 scientific paper on the use of X-rays to stimulate the retina? Louisiane Ferlier investigates.
Royal Society published historical peer review reports online for first time including Crick and Watson DNA paper and work by Alan Turing
For Peer Review Week 2023 we explore the Royal Society’s collection of centuries-old referee reports to glean how science publishing practices have evolved or remained the same.
For Peer Review Week 2023 we explore the Royal Society’s collection of centuries-old referee reports to glean how science publishing practices have evolved or remained the same.
Anne McLaughlin finds wine experts, amateur magicians, chess masters and ichthyologists among the authors of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society.
A look at key discoveries in the development of polarizing filters by William Bird Herapath FRS and Edwin Land ForMemRS.