[Journal] Peer Review: Blind?

[Markus Neteler]

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