Authors
Mildred K Cho, Amy C Justice, Margaret A Winker, Jesse A Berlin, Joseph F Waeckerle, Michael L Callaham, Drummond Rennie, peer investigators, PEER Investigators
Publication date
1998/7/15
Journal
JAMA
Volume
280
Issue
3
Pages
243-245
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Context
In a previous study, we found that masking success was higher at a journal that masked reviewers to author identity. We hypothesized that masking policy or other factors could be associated with masking success.
Objectives
To evaluate differences in success of masking reviewers to author identity at 7 biomedical journals and to identify factors associated with these differences.
Design
Written questionnaire.
Participants
Reviewers at 3 journals with a long-standing policy of masking author identity (Annals of Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) and 4 journals without a policy of masking author identity (Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Ophthalmology).
Main Outcome Measures
Masking success (percentage of reviewers successfully masked) and reviewer characteristics associated with masking.
Results
There was no significant …
Total citations
Scholar articles
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