Double-blind review

How it is used

Identity may still be inferred; follow anonymization instructions.

Example sentences

1. For double-blind review, we removed identifying acknowledgments from the file.

   Acknowledgments could reveal the authors to reviewers.

2. The editor said double-blind review does not hide authors from journal staff.

   Concealment concerns authors and reviewers, not necessarily editors.

Common collocations

• use double-blind review
• double-blind review process

Related terms

• peer reviewThe process in which experts in the same field evaluate a manuscript or grant proposal before it is accepted, revised or rejected.
• anonymityThe condition in which participants cannot be identified from the data or the published report, sometimes not even by the researcher.

More terms: Peer Review and Publishing

• journal
• manuscript
• submit
• reviewer
• revise and resubmit
• desk rejection
• impact factor
• open access
• corresponding author
• publish or perish
• editor
• co-author