Rostvik, Camilla MorkFyfe, Aileen2021-12-142021-12-142018-06-27Rostvik, C M & Fyfe, A 2018, 'Ladies, gentlemen, and scientific publication at the Royal Society, 1945-1990', Open Library of Humanities, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-40. https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.2652056-6700RIS: urn:4BF98065930A13106F242763EADB6609https://hdl.handle.net/2164/17676The research for this article was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, grant AH/K001841, as part of the project ‘Publishing the Philosophical Transactions: The Economic, Social and Cultural History of a Learned Journal, 1665–2015’. See: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophicaltransactions/. Acknowledgements Many thanks for input and comments from Royal Society archivist Keith Moore, and from our colleagues Dr Noah Moxham and Dr Julie McDougall-Waters. We also thank all our interviewees and sources, both named and anonymous, for their willingness to talk to us and for permission to use their material. We have particularly benefited from conversations with the current Head of Publishing Dr Stuart Taylor, the Publisher Phil Hurst, the Head of Publishing Operations Charles Lusty, and the former Diversity Manager Lenna Cumberbatch. We thank the Royal Society for use of its archives. We also thank our two referees, whose identities and gender we do not know, but who helped us streamline our argument.401919874engRoyal SocietyGenderPeer reviewEditorial practicesHigher educationHistory of ScienceHN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reformD History General and Old WorldHNDJournal article10.16995/olh.26541