Academic Publishing, double-blind peer review, gender bias, peer review, Research Ethics, single-blind peer review, Status bias
Double-anonymous review is an effective way of combating status bias in scholarly publishing
Discussions around improving peer review often focus on openness as a mechanism to reduce bias. Drawing on a recent study of double and single anonymisation at the British Ecological Society, Charles Fox argues for the benefits of double anonymisation as a means to reduce bias and especially institutional status bias in peer review. Readers can … Continued