To be a peer-reviewed journal, it is assumed that blind reviews are necessary. Yet, I notice that some excellent journals online do list the names of an extensive review board on the home page or masthead of the paper copy. This is a great way to build the notoriety of the journal and at the same time, give recognition to the reviewers. However, there are differing views in my circle of colleagues as to whether to publish the names of our external reviewers. Thanks in advance for your comments.
Dear colleague,
I do recommend your question, but this case is not public, never!, it totally depends on the assigned journal pattern which differ from one journal to another, by the way I am talking about the indexed and trusted journals only.
Regards, Emad
I support the practice of publishing the reviewers' names. Both as a way to offer appreciation for the reviewer's expertise, effort and time and, also, as a way to safeguard against unprofessional practices.
Moreover, I am all for the practice to make the authors' and the reviewers' names known to each other. Often, it is not very difficult for the reviewer to figure out who is the author. Thus, the "double blind" process is already compromised.
I am thankful to Larisa, Abdelrahman and Emad for their responses. It seems there really is some difference in opinion here and we have not yet heard enough details about how these practices can or cannot work together. I guess that some journals have new, blind reviewers, who then can become recognized external reviewers for a journal. I think this type of pattern *might* work for the journal I am helping to grow. Please add your insights to this discussion!
Bonjour,
Je pense que chaque revue devrait publier les noms et qualifications de l'ensemble de ses relecteurs scientifiques sans pour autant mentionner, pour chaque relecture d'article, qui sont les deux relecteurs qui ont été missionnés en double aveugle.
Bien cordialement,
Pierre Champollion
Thank you, Pierre. I think my original post has to do with the challenge of changing a small publication self-mage toward a commitment to making a higher impact. It is almost a catch 22 -- if you don't grow your external reviewing staff, then you will feel you can't reveal their identity, and thus you will never grow an advisory board big enough to review good papers--like scarcity mindset vs. abundance mindset maybe? I am just throwing ideas out now...
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