Questions tagged [anonymity]
Questions concerning systems where the identity of those involved is intended to be unknown, such as in double- or single-blind peer review.
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Talking about works under submission without breaching anonymity
I work in a medium/small-sized field within Computer Science. In this field, there are three major conferences. I'm currently submitting my resume/statement to one of these conferences as part of an ...
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Is there any evidence that double blind peer review systems are beneficial?
Every so often, I stumble upon a question concerning "double blind peer review", i.e., the authors don't know the reviewers (as usual) but also the reviewers don't know the identity of the authors.
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How to acknowledge an "anonymous" referee who identified themselves
I believe that I'm in a rather unusual situation and, as the title suggests, there is some uncertainty about how I should acknowledge a particular referee. This referee was supposed to be anonymous, ...
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Before submitting a paper, should I remove acknowledgement for the sake of anonymity?
I have this paper to submit. A professor has given great comments on a previous version of my paper. To submit I need to make it anonymous. Should I also remove my acknowledgement. I think that to ...
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Can an associate editor of a journal see my name?
Recently I received a rejection from a top journal. But when the editor in chief sent me the rejection email, she included the name of the associate editor that handled my paper. This associate editor ...
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When does one / who usually anonymizes data?
I'm coding some transcripts at the moment and the data I am working with is not anonymized yet. I'm a research assistant, I did not collect the data and I am obviously not the PI. What strikes me is ...
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Should I preserve anonymity or strictly follow a journal's instructions?
I'm submitting a manuscript to a journal using LaTeX for the first time. This journal is a little unique in that it features open source software packages, and you must provide a link to a public ...
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In a camera ready paper (has been accepted), how to cite my own paper that is still under blind review?
Please Note I am asking how to cite a paper under blind-reviewed in an accepted paper, NOT a new paper to be submitted.
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First, I submitted paper A that requires double-blind review....
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Citing own work within a paper and being anonymous
I am reading a paper in which the author cites his paper in a very explicit form. The reformulation of one of his sentence in the paper was in this form:
I have already made this point in a few ...
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FERPA: Can I anonymously quote a student?
Every once in a while, my students write something outrageously funny in their homework, either on purpose or by accident, and I'd love to share these short quotes with a colleague/friend for mutual ...
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Researcher anonymity in fieldwork
Numerous posts on this site address anonymous or pseudonymous publication, but not anonymous or pseudonymous fieldwork.
There plausibly exist situations in which a researcher undertaking fieldwork ...
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Who is responsible for "blinding" a paper for double-blind review?
Is it my responsibility as author to remove author and affiliation before submitting the paper to a journal?
In my opinion it is, but then I read this blog article by an Editor-in-Chief of some ...
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Is there such a thing as "open" double-blind peer review?
Is there such a thing as "open" double-blind reviewing, where the author's comments, the reviews, and any interchange between author and reviewer are viewable, not just by the editor but also by the ...
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Is it unprofessional for a journal editor to be anonymous?
An editor of a journal asked me to review a paper but did not provide his/her name or institution, signing the e-mail as, essentially, "Editor of ...". The e-mail seems to be based upon a template. ...
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Can I submit my paper without author list (double-blind) to a conference with a single-blind review process?
I am submitting a paper to a computer science conference, can I submit it without author list? The submission guideline says: "submissions are reviewed following a single blind review process, meaning,...
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