Editorial: Announcing the Double-Blind Review Option

Abstract

As we embark on this initiative, your suggestions for improving peer review quality and reducing bias in the review process will be welcomed as an important part of the process.While we anticipate that the double-blind review may reduce bias in the review process, there are pros and cons associated with both double-blind and single-blind reviews [3,4]. Consequently, we will carefully consider the data and feedback collected during this trial period to determine whether to continue to offer the double-blind option in the future. Additionally, because there is no evidence that double-blind review is effective in improving review quality issues, as always, we will rely on the dedicated service of our JMD reviewers to provide constructive feedback and fair assessments to continue to raise the review quality for all journal submissions—whether reviewed by the single- or double-blind process.