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In a twist of irony, this paper itself is not anonymous. Jokes aside, while many suggestions and rationale for them make sense, I wonder how it is going to be
by mynegation 11y ago
In a twist of irony, this paper itself is not anonymous.
Jokes aside, while many suggestions and rationale for them make sense, I wonder how it is going to be implemented in practice. Many scientific areas are narrow enough for people "in the know" to figure out who the author is.
I use authors' names all the time to see what else they published, if I need some more information on the topic.
It may be useful to enforce anonymity for the submission process but once accepted, publish it with names.
- nickff 11y ago>'In a twist of irony, this paper itself is not anonymous.' How is this ironic? If anything, it might be seen as poignant.[1] [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony
- marvy 11y agoPoignant? I half-suspect you're trolling. It's ironic because one might assume that a paper that argues for anonymity to itself be anonymous, but it's not. Irony: when things are the opposite of what's expected.