IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the expansion of its double-blind peer review programme, following a successful pilot on two of its journals.
IOP is experimenting with different peer review models as part of its commitment to providing high-quality peer review and meeting the future needs of the research communities.
In double-blind peer review, neither reviewer nor author knows the other's identity. In contrast, under conventional single-blind peer review the reviewer knows the author's identity but the author does not know who reviewed their paper.
The double-blind pilot, which ran from January to December 2017 on the journals Materials Research Express (MRX) and Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express (BPEX), saw an author uptake of the double-blind review option of around 20 percent on each journal, and positive feedback from both authors and reviewers.
The option will now be a permanent feature on MRX and BPEX, and will also be offered to authors on a forthcoming new addition to the 'Express' series of journals.
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