Specialist Control : The Publications Committee of the Academie Royale Des Sciences (Paris), 1700-1793 Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 93, Part 3) (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)

"The Comite du Librairie of the Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris its influence on modern scientific refereeing are examined in this 2003 J. F. Lewis award-winning monograph. James McClellan investigates the development growth of the Comite du Librairie in the late 18th century, its influence in establishing international norms for processing, modifying, authorizing books papers for publication. Pointing out that \"historians of the Academie Royale des Science have known about the Comite de Librairie had logged the existence of its registers