Monday, May 30, 2011

Blinded versus Unblinded Peer Review of Manuscripts Submitted to a Dermatology Journal: A Randomized Multi-Rater Study

Abstract

Background:  Submissions to medical and scientific journals are vetted by peer review, but peer review itself has been poorly studied until recently. One concern has been that manuscript reviews in which the reviewer is unblinded (e.g., knows author identity) may be biased, with an increased likelihood that the evaluation will not be strictly on scientific merits.


Objectives:  The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of blinded and unblinded reviews of manuscripts submitted to a single dermatology journal via a randomized multi-rater study.


Patients/Methods:  Forty manuscripts submitted to the journal ...

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