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I like where you come from, but a LOT of phds are so narrow in scope that its almost impossible to be anonymous because the set of peer reviewers is very small.
by olivermuty 4y ago
I like where you come from, but a LOT of phds are so narrow in scope that its almost impossible to be anonymous because the set of peer reviewers is very small. Only the large wide fields like medicine and some variants of humaniora are big enough to do this.
- jedberg 4y agoIf you're working on something super specialized when all your reviewers are the six other people who work on it then sure, it'll be unblinded. Not much we can do there sadly. But most people aren't working on something that specialized, and most would probably benefit from having reviewers in adjacent fields and not just the other experts in their field. So at least those adjacent ones would maybe be anonymous.
- kjeetgill 4y agoInteresting, I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if that's okay though — if you're that familiar with someone and their work I'd expect your bias towards that specific person overrides any broad gender bias.