{"id":11,"date":"2008-02-24T21:14:03","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2008\/02\/24\/is-it-time-for-bjsm-to-go-to-open-review\/"},"modified":"2008-02-24T21:14:03","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T21:14:03","slug":"is-it-time-for-bjsm-to-go-to-open-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2008\/02\/24\/is-it-time-for-bjsm-to-go-to-open-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time for BJSM to go to open review?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right now <a href=\"http:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/\">BJSM<\/a> has double blind review &#8212; we ask authors to anonymize their papers, reviewers&#8217; names are shrouded in secrecy. <a href=\"http:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/\">BJSM<\/a> is the only  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/\">BMJ publication<\/a> that has this policy.<\/p>\n<p> Is it time to adopt  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/\">BMJ approach<\/a> and have open review? Do you believe the evidence that &#8216;big name&#8217; authors have papers accepted more readily? Do you believe that there are personal and corporate pressures that influence reviewers? <a href=\"http:\/\/resources.bmj.com\/bmj\/about-bmj\/people\/editorial-team\/fiona-godlee\">Fiona Godlee,<\/a> editor of BMJ commented on this in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know on the blog as we reconsider this policy at  <a href=\"http:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/\">BJSM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now BJSM has double blind review &#8212; we ask authors to anonymize their papers, reviewers&#8217; names are shrouded in secrecy. BJSM is the only BMJ publication that has this policy. Is it time to adopt BMJ approach and have open review? 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