Comment by mmooss
Thanks. Someone told me that the 'blind' review doesn't often work because they already know who is doing what in their field.
Thanks. Someone told me that the 'blind' review doesn't often work because they already know who is doing what in their field.
It can depend on the field and the methodologies that are used - there's been some papers I've reviewed that I could assume who they were based on the contents. I can't really offer a counterpoint on non-blinded reviews as I've only done blind. I have heard some reviewers use the anonymity to be particularly rude, but I've only ever experienced that once but I used our 'discussion' phase to express my concerns.