Article ID: CBB001252549

Peer Review Pioneer: Arthur Becket Lamb (1880--1952) on the 125th Anniversary of His Birth (2005)

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On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the birth of chemist, editor, and educator Arthur Becket Lamb (1880--1952), this article recounts his life and achievements with an emphasis on his longtime editorship of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, where he introduced the practice of anonymous peer review.

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Authors & Contributors
Kauffman, George B.
Weininger, Stephen J.
Shindell, Matthew Benjamin
Thomas A. Perfetti
Tropp, E. A.
Travis, Anthony S.
Journals
The Chemical Educator
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Chemical Heritage
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Publishers
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago Press
Prometheus Books
de Gruyter
Concepts
Chemistry
Memorials; commemorations
Biographies
Nobel Prizes
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Inventors and invention
People
Urey, Harold Clayton
Woodward, Robert Burns
Wilkinson, Geoffrey
Von Braun, Wernher
Ramsay, William
Planck, Max
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Scotland
Russia
Germany
Institutions
American Chemical Society
Eastman Kodak Company
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