[Journal] Peer Review: Blind?

[Micha Silver]

On 02/09/2010 05:30 PM, Sunburned Surveyor wrote:
> Sounds like we have no clear consensus on this issue. Tyler is out for
> a few days, but I think we should wait until he gets back. For the
> time being, we will move forward with the single-blind review model.
>    
As far as I can tell, thatś the concensus. Most articles don require 
peer review anyway, so we can go on to the latex formatting...
> We can always change this in Volume 7.
>
> Remind me to make sure we mention the model we use in the peer review
> section. That seems appropriate.
>
> Thank you for the comments and discussion.
>
> Landon
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Daniel Ames<amesdani at isu.edu>  wrote:
>    
>> Agreed. Single blind is typically used in most of the other journals I
>> review for and/or submit papers to.  - Dan (Ames)
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Markus Neteler<neteler at osgeo.org>  wrote:
>>      
>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Micha Silver<micha at arava.co.il>  wrote:
>>>        
>>>> On 09/02/2010 03:31, Daniel Ames wrote:
>>>>          
>>>>> Actually I think that was my question (or both of us). I agree though
>>>>> that blind is a good idea - particularly in our small community. This
>>>>> allows a reviewer to give more constructive critiques than he/she
>>>>> might otherwise... -Dan
>>>>>            
>>>> I seem to recall that we discussed this question about a year (?) ago.
>>>> THere's something called "double blind" which I think we thought was
>>>> unnecessary.
>>>>          
>>> Just as a lurker on this list and as often-author and sometimes-reviewer:
>>>
>>> Double blind is overkill here (and also ridiculous given the community :).
>>>
>>> As Dan says: Single blind is fine and avoids that papers aren't
>>> appropriately criticized.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Markus
>>>
>>>        
>>
>>
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