{"id":342,"date":"2018-09-12T10:32:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T10:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-quick-glimpse-at-double-blind-peer-review-flowchart\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:17:06","slug":"a-quick-glimpse-at-double-blind-peer-review-flowchart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-quick-glimpse-at-double-blind-peer-review-flowchart","title":{"rendered":"A quick glimpse at double-blind peer review [Flowchart]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>This is an excerpt from a document prepared by Editage under contract with SciELO aiming to support the elaboration of SciELO guide on types of peer review.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Double-blind peer review is one of the alternative approaches to single-blind peer review.\u00a0In this approach, both parties involved i.e., the authors and the reviewers\u00a0are unaware of each others&#8217; identities. 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