Journals Journal Settings Review Types

Review Type Settings

Review Type Configuration

Select which peer review models your journal will support. Your choice affects how authors, reviewers, and editors interact during the review process.

You can enable multiple review types and let authors or editors choose which model is most appropriate for each submission.

Single-blind Review

Reviewers know the identity of the authors, but authors do not know the identity of reviewers.

Traditional approach familiar to most researchers
Reviewers can evaluate research in full context
Potential for bias based on author identity or affiliation

Double-blind Review

Recommended

Neither reviewers nor authors know each other's identities throughout the review process.

Minimizes bias based on author identity or affiliation
Promotes evaluation based solely on research quality
May remove helpful context for specialized research

Open Review

Identities of authors and reviewers are known to each other, and review reports may be published alongside the article.

Promotes transparency in the scientific process
Can improve review quality and accountability
May discourage critical feedback from reviewers

Additional Review Options

Allow review reports to be published alongside accepted articles (only applies to Open Review)

Allow authors to respond to reviewer comments before final decision

Acknowledge reviewers (anonymously or by name) in published articles

Select the default review type for new submissions

Review Type Comparison

Feature Single-blind Double-blind Open Review
Author identity known to reviewers
Reviewer identity known to authors
Review reports can be published
Risk of bias based on identity High Low Medium
Transparency level Low Low High
Common in disciplines Medicine, Physics Social Sciences, Humanities Emerging across disciplines