Ensuring blind peer review

To ensure the integrity of blind peer review for submission to this publisher, every effort must be made to avoid the identities of authors and reviewers being known to each other. This involves authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking that the following measures have been taken regarding the text and file properties:

  • The document authors must delete their names from the text, with the literal "Author" and year used in references and footnotes instead of the authors' names and article titles.
  • In Microsoft Office documents, the author ID must also be removed from the file properties (see under the File menu in Word) by clicking on the following, starting with File in the main menu of the Microsoft application: File> Save As > Tools (or Options on Mac ) > Security> Remove personal information from file properties when saving > Save AS
  • Tools (or Options on a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties when saving > Save.

 

    • Document authors should delete their names from the text, with the literal "Author" and the year used in references and footnotes instead of the authors' names, article titles, etc.
    • Document authors should remove their personal information from the file properties by performing the following steps:
      • Microsoft Word (versão 365) para Windows:
        • Go to the File
        • Select Information
        • Click Check for Problems
        • Click Inspect Document
        • In the Document Inspector dialog box, select the check boxes to choose the type of hidden content you want to be inspected.
        • Click Inspect
        • Under Document Properties and Personal Information, Click Remove All
        • Click Close
        • Save the document
      • Microsoft Word for MacOS:
        • Go to Tools
        • Click Protect Document
        • Select Remove personal information from this File when saving
        • Click OK and save the File
      • PDF:
      • With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from the Document Properties, found under the File option in the main Adobe Acrobat menu.
        • Go to the File
        • Select Properties
        • Remove any names in the author field
        • Click OK
        • Save the document