Open Peer Reviews and Blind Peer Reviews: Merits and Demerits

Saira Afzal

doi:10.21649/akemu.v23i4.2186

Open Peer Reviews and Blind Peer Reviews: Merits and Demerits

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Saira Afzal

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https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v23i4.2186

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The peer review process is essentially the quality control mechanism. Scientific discoveries and advancements have far reaching implications especially in health and medical publications. The quality assurance mechanism in medical journals has to be stringent and flawless. The peer review systems are continuously being criticized, debated and updated. It may be open peer review or blind peer review, both have advantages and disadvantages. Open peer review is performed for scientific quality after publication. It is also known as transparent peer review and public peer review.

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02/20/2018

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Afzal, S. (2018). Open Peer Reviews and Blind Peer Reviews: Merits and Demerits. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 23(4), 426–427. https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v23i4.2186

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Vol. 23 No. 4 (2017): AKEMU

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Editorial

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This is an open-access journal and all the published articles / items are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For comments publications@kemu.edu.pk

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