Double-blind reviewing

One of the most contentious issues is whether reviewers should know the names and institutions of the authors of the papers they are reviewing and discussing.

This page is meant to capture constructive contributions to this debate.

Useful references:

• Kathryn McKinley, Open letter to SIGPLAN on Double Blind Submission
• Samuel Madden and David DeWitt, Impact of double-blind reviewing on SIGMOD publication rates, SIGMOD Record, 35(2), 2006, pages 29-32
• Anthony K. H. Tung, Impact of double blind reviewing on SIGMOD publication: a more detail analysis, SIGMOD Record, 35(3), 2006, pages 6-7
• Richard Snodgrass, Single- versus double-blind reviewing: an analysis of the literature, SIGMOD Record, 35(3), 2006, pages 8-21
• Richard T. Snodgrass, Editorial: Single- versus double-blind reviewing, ACM Trans. Database Systems, 32(1), 2007, pages 1-31

-- JeffMogul - 21 May 2008