Efficacy of Double-Blind Peer Review in an Imaging Subspecialty Journal

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:

Many scientific journals use double-blind peer review to minimize potential reviewer bias concerning publication recommendations. However, because neuroradiology is a relatively small subspecialty, this process may be limited by prior knowledge of the authors9 work or associated institutions. We sought to investigate the efficacy of reviewer blinding and determine the impact that unblinding may have on manuscript...