title: Preserving blind peer review of electronic manuscript files.
abstract: Peer review of manuscripts for potential publication has become an intrinsic component of the scientific process, and is aimed at improving the manuscript's quality through unbiased, independent, and critical assessment by experts who are not on the journal's staff (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 2003).
authors.affiliation: Kent State University, USA.
authors.forename: Ann F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coeling
mesh_terms: D035081:Editorial Policies; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic; D015399:Nursing Research; D010380:Peer Review; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011643:Publishing; D011786:Quality Control