no. Also, academic world may be quite small in some disciplines. If a reviewer knows that s/he may be evaluated by the author some time in the future (be it in a journal review, or possibly also in career promotion reviews, too) s/he will be definitely motivated not to report any major flaws, especially if the reviewed author is a big shot.
well, any attempts at pressures or bribes could easily be made known, couldn't they?
On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:56:35 +0100, Manuel Palomo Duarte wrote
> I don't thnk opening peer reviewing would be a good idea. Reviewer must
> keep unknown, or she could suffer preasures (even bribes) from authors. In
> my opinion only the editor must communicate with the reviewers
>
> 2012/11/8 <koltzenburg@w4w.net>
>
> > agree,
> > ... so it is up to you as a reviewer what you do with your "blindness" :-)
> >
> > doesn't this point in the direction of - plus - is + ?
> > I mean: why not do open peer reviewing?
> >
> > Claudia
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:43:39 +0100, Manuel Palomo Duarte wrote
> > > Even more, you can easily identify the authors because usually they
> > include
> > > references to their previous publications to build the new hypothesis ...
> > >
> > > 2012/11/8 Adam Jenkins <adam.jenkins@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > > Most of my reviewing for conference and journals was double blind,
> > > > although the effectiveness of it was always a bit questionable, as in
> > many
> > > > cases you can, as a reviewer, identify the author from the style and
> > > > argument. This tends to get worse in specialised areas, where the pool
> > of
> > > > researchers is necessarily small.
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 7 November 2012 06:16, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raymond@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I cannot speak for other disciplines but double-blind is not standard
> > > >> in Computer Science. ****
> > > >>
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> Degree Coordinator for Computer Science.
> Department of Computer Science.
> Escuela Superior de Ingenieria.
> C/ Chile, 1
> 11002 - Cadiz (Spain)
> University of Cadiz
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