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DIRTY WORK , BUT SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT: HOWARD P ROBERTSON AND THE REFEREEING
PRACTICES OF PHYSICAL REVIEW IN THE 1930S
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Notes Rec R Soc Lond
2016[Jun]; 70
(2
): 151-74
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In the 1930s the mathematical physicist Howard P. Robertson was the main referee
of the journal Physical Review for papers concerning general relativity and
related subjects. The rich correspondence between Robertson and the editors of
the journal enables a historical investigation of the refereeing process of
Physical Review at the time that it was becoming one of the most influential
physics periodicals in the world. By focusing on this case study, the paper
investigates two complementary aspects of the evolution of the refereeing
process: first, the historical evolution of the refereeing practices in
connection with broader contextual changes, and second, the attempts to define
the activity of the referee, including the epistemic virtues required and the
journal's functions according to the participants' categories. By exploring the
tension between Robertson's idealized picture about how the referee should behave
and the desire to promote his intellectual agenda, I show that the evaluation
criteria that Robertson employed were contextually dependent and I argue that, in
the 1930s, through his reports the referee had an enormous power in defining what
direction future research should take.
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