tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post5020454323288640202..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Can reviewer anonymity weaken the value of a reviewer’s comments?Bill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-39417798355884139882016-12-31T15:48:24.338-05:002016-12-31T15:48:24.338-05:00Yes, it does. And my case, as I've said, is pe...Yes, it does. And my case, as I've said, is peculiar because my work is unique and outside disciplinary boundaries. But then, I have no power that anyone needs to be protected from. I don't hold an academic post and I don't edit or review for any journals.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-58638744432426604062016-12-31T10:08:08.392-05:002016-12-31T10:08:08.392-05:00Second, is reviewer anonymity about anything more ...<i> Second, is reviewer anonymity about anything more than power? At some point power must not and cannot be argued with. Power is power.</i><br /><br />The standard argument, as I understand it, is that anonymity is about protecting <b>reviewers</b> from power.<br /><br />I am a relatively junior scholar. Since I work in a relatively small field, it's often possible to recognise work even ifAlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090230505298426117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-20574144550068111352016-12-30T07:59:34.896-05:002016-12-30T07:59:34.896-05:00I would read that as 'in contemporary debate D...I would read that as 'in contemporary debate Dr Bias of Old fartville is king.'<br /><br />When you are writing imagine Dr Bias is standing behind you with a large blunt object waiting to strike.<br /><br />Placing Dr Bias in his natural enviroment, waxing lyrical in contemporary debate or by examining the passenger manifest of the ship of fools over- time, may not change Dr Bias's Jebnoreply@blogger.com