Single Blind Review
- Reviewers know the identity of authors, but authors do not know the identity of reviewers.
- Hiding the identity of reviewers is intended to protect reviewers from the influence of authors.
Double Blind Review
- Reviewers and authors are unknown to each other.
- Intended to protect authors from biased reviewers and to protect reviewers from the influence of authors.
Triple Blind Review
- Editors and reviewers do not know the identity of authors. Authors do not know the identity of reviewers.
- Intended to protect authors from biased editors and reviewers and to protect reviewers from the influence of authors.
Open Review
Includes a variety of practices intended to make the peer review process more transparent.
- Reviewers may be identified in the article.
- Peer review reports may be published with the article.
- Peer review reports and author's and editor's responses may be published with the article.
- Post-publication peer review in a discussion forum where readers (named or anonymous) can comment.
What Is Peer Review? Elsevier, 2021, www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is-peer-review. Accessed 18 Mar. 2021.