Improving peer review through PEERE

22 May 2018 by Phil Hurst

The process of peer review is a central element of the scientific process; however, there is a lack of hard…

Our new archive is live and free to use

28 November 2017 by Caitlin Flint

Royal Society journal collection: science in the making is free to access until 24th January. Like most publishers, our content…

Images from the archive: an interview with with Dr Louisiane Ferlier

27 February 2017 by Helen Duriez

In this post, Louisiane Ferlier considers what one picture can tell us about the historical and cultural context of scientific…

Spooky science: Halloween-themed papers lurking in our journals

28 October 2016 by Ruth Milne

Where do pumpkins come from? According to this Proceedings B paper, which traces the origins of food crops around the…

Women and the History of Peer Review at the Royal Society

21 September 2016 by Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik

Following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919, the Royal Society nominated and elected its first female Fellows in 1945….