While this is important, in many fields their are cliques of related researchers (1) on the grants committees and (2) on the journal committees. These people kn

While this is important, in many fields their are cliques of related researchers (1) on the grants committees and (2) on the journal committees. These people know who works on which problems, so blind review is a farce. Also, the concept of IF being a proxy for rigorous review and work quality is weak at best. Just read a few pages of http://retractionwatch.com/ http://retractionwatch.com/