I agree with your description of other problems with the current system, and think that anonymizing authorship will serve to force them to be solved. Many popu

I agree with your description of other problems with the current system, and think that anonymizing authorship will serve to force them to be solved. Many popular journals currently look at the author's position and previous works to filter out the unpopular and/or unprestigious authors; anonymization would eliminate the bias against young, innovative, and/or unconventional scientists, and force the journals to improve their process.