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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Revealing manuscript referees' identities after review: Why is this a bad idea?
Motivated by the How can an author get assurance that his work will not be stolen by journal staff or reviewers? question:
Authors submit their manuscripts to be reviewed by a journal or conference. ...
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Is there data or research on the tradeoffs associated with allowing anonymous posting on forums like Piazza?
A large amount of research from the EdTech world finds that forums that encourage social learning, if used right, can significantly improve learning outcomes. Of course, there are downsides.
One of ...
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Why does the paper award jury have access to the author names in some blinded publication venues, prior to deciding to whom the award should go to?
Quite often, in publication venues where the author names are not visible to the reviewers and where some paper award is given, the authors are not blinded to the individuals who decide to whom the ...
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Affiliation and address when writing under a pseudonym
Quite a few threads have already discussed the issue of publishing articles under a pseudonym, such as
Is pseudonymous publication ethical?
If I publish under a pseudonym, can I still take credit ...
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Double blind review: anonymise data source?
Apologies if this has already been answered: but I could only find questions relating to paper citations and grants in relation to double-blind reviews on academia.
If you are submitting a paper to a ...
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How can I obfuscate my writing style when I review papers?
Does anyone have any good advice for obfuscating one's writing style when reviewing papers? I have a fear that I would inadvertently use the same turn of phrase in a referee report as in some ...
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Citing oneself in PhD application documents: Good or bad?
Some PhD applications I've gone through involved submitting a research proposal, statement of interests and/or a sample article review (e.g. of a specific, pre-determined article which has relevance ...
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Double-blind review: submit a follow-up paper in a very short time
My colleagues and I are planning to submit to a conference which adopts double-blind review. The deadline of the conference is in 3 weeks. The work we plan to submit is built on our previous work that ...
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How to anonymize research software in an abstract?
I'm writing an abstract for submission to a conference aimed at a rather small research community. The abstract should be submitted anonymously for double-blind review purposes.
The problem is that ...
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How to anonymize self-citation of source code repository in IEEE double blind peer review?
I am going to submit a paper IEEE Communications letters.
In the paper, I cited my source code repository to provide an open access:
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How do I write a cover letter for a journal that has a double blind review process when I need to reference my previous conference paper?
My research area is in Computer Science.
I am going to submit a paper to a journal, that has a double blind review process. The paper builds upon our previously published work in a conference paper. ...
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How is publishing under a random pseudonym authorized?
Who decides if someone can author/co-author an academic article under a pseudonym, when you want to do so to hide your identity on Google but still want credit for it for your academic advancement?
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How often can the reviewers correctly guess the identity of the authors when the review is double-blind?
Is there any research/study/survey/dataset that looked at how often the reviewers correctly guess the identity of the authors when the review is double-blind?
I am aware that the answer is likely ...
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Is it appropriate to ask an editor to have double blind peer review even if journal does not offer such an option?
The journal that I have chosen for submitting my paper doesn't use double-blind review
(double blind review means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and ...
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Why do some conferences with double blind review ask for author names when submitting the paper for review?
I wonder why some conferences with double blind review ask for author names when submitting the paper for review. Why not asking for author information once the paper has been accepted?
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