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The peer review process is anonymous to reviewers.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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3 sources for · 3 against

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Is it true that the peer review process is anonymous to reviewers?

Partly. Some sources describe anonymous peer review as the typical academic convention, while others show that anonymity is optional or contested, with reviewers able to reveal their identities or review face-to-face. No source establishes that anonymity is universal to the process.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 3 sources for, 3 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 3
Peer review
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Peer review. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review

Evidence against · 3
L2 writers’ perspectives on face-to-face and anonymous peer review: Voices from China
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L2 writers’ perspectives on face-to-face and anonymous peer review: Voices from China. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.v0i35.13887

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Why is peer review anonymous?
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Why is peer review anonymous?. (n.d.). academia.stackexchange.com. https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/148052

Should a journal ever reveal the name of an anonymous reviewer?
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Should a journal ever reveal the name of an anonymous reviewer?. (n.d.). academia.stackexchange.com. https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/44728

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Revealing Reviewers’ Identities as Part of Open Peer Review and Analysis of the Review Reports
2020
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Bolek, C., Marolov, D., Bolek, M., & Shopovski, J. (2020). Revealing Reviewers’ Identities as Part of Open Peer Review and Analysis of the Review Reports. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10347

Should Biomedical Publishing Be “Opened Up”? Toward a Values-Based Peer-Review Process
2011
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Should Biomedical Publishing Be “Opened Up”? Toward a Values-Based Peer-Review Process. (2011). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-011-9312-4

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