Heesen, Remco (2017) When Journal Editors Play Favorites. Philosophical Studies. ISSN 0031-8116

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Abstract

Should editors of scientific journals practice triple-anonymous reviewing? I consider two arguments in favor. The first says that insofar as editors' decisions are affected by information they would not have had under triple-anonymous review, an injustice is committed against certain authors. I show that even well-meaning editors would commit this wrong and I endorse this argument. The second argument says that insofar as editors' decisions are affected by information they would not have had under triple-anonymous review, it will negatively affect the quality of published papers. I distinguish between two kinds of biases that an editor might have. I show that one of them has a positive effect on quality and the other a negative one, and that the combined effect could be either positive or negative. Thus I do not endorse the second argument in general. However, I do endorse this argument for certain fields, for which I argue that the positive effect does not apply.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Heesen, Remco rdh51@cam.ac.uk 0000-0003-3823-944X
Additional Information:	This paper is published in Philosophical Studies under open access. Please cite from the official published version rather than the attached PDF.
Keywords:	Feminist philosophy of science; Bias; Peer review; Social epistemology; Formal epistemology
Subjects:	General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Feminist Approaches General Issues > Science and Policy
Depositing User:	Remco Heesen
Date Deposited:	27 Mar 2017 13:18
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2017 13:18
Item ID:	12941
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophical Studies
Publisher:	Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.)
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0895-4
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s11098-017-0895-4
Subjects:	General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Feminist Approaches General Issues > Science and Policy
Date:	25 March 2017
ISSN:	0031-8116
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12941

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