On blinding the Journal assessor.
Thirty-two submissions to the Journal were rated by paired 'blind' and 'non-blind' assessors. The former were requested to identify the authors and their affiliation. For only a minority of the submissions could the assessors identify authorship details. Comparison of ratings made by the assessors established that awareness of the author is not associated with a bias in judging and rating Journal submissions.
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D001315:Australia; D001319:Authorship; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*