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Post by me on Nov 14, 2014 16:18:48 GMT -5
I'm preparing a paper for submission to SSR and saw that in the online author information it says the review process is double-blind.
I've reviewed manuscripts for SSR before and it's always been single-blind. Does anyone know anything about this change?
Thanks!
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Post by hmmm on Nov 14, 2014 16:34:17 GMT -5
I reviewed a manuscript for SSR in October and it was single-blind.
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Post by me on Nov 16, 2014 7:25:02 GMT -5
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Post by Update on this on Mar 26, 2015 8:50:11 GMT -5
Does anyone have any further updates on this? I'm curious to know.
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Post by janreview on Apr 1, 2015 14:29:36 GMT -5
I reviewed for them in January and it was single-blind.
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Post by updater on Apr 2, 2015 9:07:18 GMT -5
SSR is definitely still single-blind (in recent months I have submitted a paper there as well as reviewed a paper for them). The confusion arose because the editorial staff were using generic Elsevier author guidelines that did not reflect SSR's unique review process. It appears that any references to a double-blind review process have recently been removed from the journal information and author guidelines, but it's not clearly stated that reviews are single-blind either. To add to the confusion, when manuscripts are submitted through their online system it asks for authors to remove any identifiers in the paper. So for instance, when you review a paper for SSR you'll see that on the first page of the manuscript after the abstract there is a header that states "*Manuscript WITHOUT Author Identifiers." This is despite the fact that the authors are clearly identified in the reviewer invitation e-mail.
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Post by one more thing on Apr 2, 2015 9:11:04 GMT -5
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Post by thanks on Apr 2, 2015 13:32:20 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. This is really helpful.
I don't know whether people feel like they've been given a fair shake there or not. I know grad students publish there on a semi-regular basis. But I still can't imagine how I'd get a fair shake when they google me, look at my profile, and not go back to the paper and revise their assessment based on what they know about me.
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Post by Confusing on Apr 3, 2015 8:05:55 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. This is really helpful. I don't know whether people feel like they've been given a fair shake there or not. I know grad students publish there on a semi-regular basis. But I still can't imagine how I'd get a fair shake when they google me, look at my profile, and not go back to the paper and revise their assessment based on what they know about me. This is really confusing. I am currently reviewing a paper for SSR and was told that they now have a double-blind policy. In fact, I am now reviewing the revised version of the paper after it initially got an R & R. In both the initial and revised versions the names of the authors were absent. |
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Post by odd on Apr 3, 2015 10:58:21 GMT -5
I was invited to review for SSR in March and the e-mail included the authors' names as well as this statement:
"Please be assured that SSR adheres to a policy of maintaining reviewer confidentiality. You will note, however, that it is also our policy to disclose authorship. We do so for a number of reasons. Among these is that authorship is frequently obvious even when names are stripped and easy to discover even when not obvious. Thus, we feel it is important to give our reviewers an opportunity to be forthcoming about potential bias prior to rendering a critique or to decline review for fear of compromising professional ties with the authors."
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Contacted the editor
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Post by Contacted the editor on Apr 3, 2015 12:19:59 GMT -5
I decided the only way to answer this was to ask the editor if it was single or double-blind (and then whether I could share her answer here). I asked her via email (within the few days) and she said "Single blind." That's that. SSR is single-blind.
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