Background: Double-blind placebo-controlled trials are intended to control for the impact of expectancy on outcomes. Whether they always achieve this is, however, questionable. Methods: Reanalysis of ...

Can peer review be improved by withholding information from referees? There is some evidence to suggest it might be, but the jury is still out, reports Alastair Brown. Peer review is a hallmark of a ...

Scientists have examined if bias with single-blind peer review might be greatest in the setting of author or institutional prestige. The authors found that reviewers were more likely to recommend ...

Nature and its sister journals start offering anonymity to authors during the peer-review process. Starting in March, Nature and the monthly Nature research journals will experiment with an ...

IOP Publishing aims to implement double-blind peer review on all of its journals by the end of 2021. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/PolyPloiid) Journal publishing has ...