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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Are author names typically visible to reviewers for paper award decisions?
I wonder whether author names are typically visible to reviewers when they decide paper award recipients. (i.e. non-anonymous process)
I am mostly interested in the field of computer science (...
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Should I hold back criticism in an anonymous survey for fear of identification by the professor?
At my university, at the end of every course, professors have to submit an anonymous survey to the students. In this survey students can write the good and bad aspects of both the course's program and ...
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Acknowledge grants (which may indicate conflict of interest) in double blind review?
I have run into a bit of a double-bind for double-blind reviews as an editor. In short, the problem comes down to if reviewers should see an author's Acknowledgements section which cites the grants ...
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How to be a co-author anonymously?
I am from country A and am studying in country B. A researcher from country C would like to collaborate with me. However, my home country (country A) has poor (hostile) relations with the researcher'...
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Will my submission be rejected if I accidentally submit the non-blind version to a conference with double blind review?
I recently submitted a paper for a conference, I'm pretty confident about the topic and contents of the paper, but I just realized I sent the copy where the authors' names are in it, i.e. not the "...
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Research assistant wishes to remain anonymous, what to write in the acknowledgement?
So this is pretty much it. My co-author, who is also the main author, has hired an assistant through Elance (an online work outsourcing platform) for doing statistical analysis and also to collect and ...
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Preparing a manuscript for double-blind review, what is meant by "complete manuscript text minus the title page" and "separate title page"?
I want to submit an article to a journal which uses the system of double peer review, the information that I found was the following:
Confirm that you have prepared: (a) a complete manuscript text ...
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Can I have external people proof-read texts from teammates in a group project?
I'm attending a seminar, where we've been tasked to read some papers, extract information for them, and write an essay about our findings. The lecturer has teamed me up with two other students for ...
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Will the origin of anecdote in paper violate double-blind policy?
A paper I am writing utilizes a short story from Japan to make a point. In the paper, I have written the punch-line in Japanese, with a translation added.
I am not from Japan, but would such an ...
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If one got good feedback from a double-blind review, is it ever possible/ justifiable to find out who the reviewer was?
I got some impressively lengthy, detailed and mostly positive feedback in a double-blind peer review for a paper. Is it ok (or even possible), or is it against best practices (and considered taboo), ...
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Double-blind review with four references in a row?
I've read a lot of answers here about double-blind reviews and thesis or single articles.
My problem comes from having four self-references in my article. I feel that if I include them all, could be ...
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After revision: the paper is not anonymized - what does it mean?
I finally got the revision of my paper, but one of the reviewers complained that the paper is not anonymized. Since I'm not the native english speaker, it's quite strange to me.
Does it mean that I ...
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Is it acceptable to submit papers anonymously to Computer Science conferences that don't ask for anonymity?
Normally, a CS conference will give a clear indication in its Call For Paper (or in its submittion instruction) if the peer review of the conference is blind. However, if an author forget the ...
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Mentioning that my paper extends my project X: compatible with double-blind review?
I am going to submit a paper to a conference that uses double-blind review. The paper extends my project X, which was published somewhere else last year. In order not to break the anonymity, in the ...
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What are the potential ramifications of a student intentionally deanonymizing his/her class evaluation?
Presumably, evaluations are anonymized to protect the students from possible retaliation by the instructor or institution.
Is there anything in the reverse direction (keeping that information hidden ...
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