actions ▁before ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁familiar ▁functions ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁journal ▁– ▁registration ▁( date ▁stamp ing ▁and ▁proven ance ), ▁cert ification ▁( pe er ▁review ), ▁dis sem ination ▁and ▁arch iving ▁− ▁were ▁introduced ▁at ▁in ception ▁by ▁Philosoph ical ▁Trans actions . ▁The ▁beg inn ings ▁of ▁these ▁ideas ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁letters ▁from ▁Old enburg ▁to ▁Robert ▁Bo yle : ▁▁ ▁[ 2 4 ▁November ▁ 1 6 6 4 ] ▁" We ▁must ▁be ▁very ▁careful ▁as ▁well ▁of ▁reg ist ' ring ▁the ▁person ▁and ▁time ▁of ▁any ▁new ▁matter , ▁as ▁the ▁matter ▁itself e , ▁where by ▁the ▁honor ▁of ▁the ▁in vention ▁will ▁be ▁reli ably ▁preserved ▁to ▁all ▁poster ity " ▁( reg istration ▁and ▁arch iving ) ▁ ▁[ 3 ▁December ▁ 1 6 6 4 ] ▁"... all ▁ingen ious ▁men ▁will ▁thereby ▁be ▁inc ou rag ed ▁to ▁impact ▁their ▁knowledge ▁and ▁discover ys " ▁( d iss em ination ) ▁ ▁The ▁council ▁minutes ▁of ▁ 1 ▁March ▁ 1 6 6 5 ▁made ▁prov isions ▁for ▁the ▁tract ▁to ▁be ▁re vised ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁council ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society , ▁providing ▁the ▁framework ▁for ▁peer ▁review ▁to ▁eventually ▁develop , ▁becoming ▁fully ▁system atic ▁as ▁a ▁process ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁printed ▁journal ▁replaced ▁much ▁of ▁Old enburg ' s ▁letter - writing ▁to ▁correspond