Open AccessMore on anonymous reviews
Author(s) -
Armstrong Adrian
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo160009
Subject(s) - anonymity , dilemma , publishing , reading (process) , dual (grammatical number) , work (physics) , process (computing) , computer science , internet privacy , sociology , epistemology , computer security , political science , engineering , law , linguistics , philosophy , mechanical engineering , operating system
Reading the ongoing correspondence in Eos , I would propose that the difficulty lies in the dual nature of the reviewing process. The first stage asks, is the work worth publishing? The second asks, is the paper as submitted worthy of the work done? The dilemma is that the requirements for anonymity are different for the two functions.