Blind peer reviewing meaning
Double-Blind Peer Review GuidelinesMay 2014 This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity. To help with this preparation please ensure the following when submitting to Social Science & Medicine:
Information to help prepare the Title Page This should include the title, authors' names and affiliations, and a complete address for the corresponding author including telephone and e-mail address. Information to help prepare the Blinded Manuscript Besides the obvious need to remove names and affiliations under the title within the manuscript, there are other steps that need to be taken to ensure the manuscript is correctly prepared for double-blind peer review. To assist with this process the key items that need to be observed are as follows:
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