Journal

Quoted Text of Journal’s
Paper Submission Policy
Statement

No Comprehensive Blind Review
Policy:
465 = 51.78%

Only
Prepare
Paper for Author-Anonymous Review:

149 = 16.59%

Explicit Unspecified Blind Review:
57 = 6.34%

Explicit Author-Anonymous Review:
18 = 2.00%

Explicit Double-Blind Review:
208 = 23.27%

Explicit
Strict Blind Submission Procedure:
0 = 0.00%

Abstracta

“We practice blind selection and blind review. So authors are required to submit their work in the following format: The author's name and institutional affiliation are not to appear in the manuscript. References to the author's own work must be cast in such a way that they do not reveal the author's identity. Acknowledgements that could allow a reader to deduce the author's identity must be removed for the initial review. In a separated file there must be the author’s name, the article’s title, keywords, the author’s e-mail address and the author’s institutional affiliation.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Acorn

“Papers about which there is some question regarding either quality or appropriateness are presented for blind review to members of our editorial board.”

 

 

 

 

 

Acta Analytica

“In order to accommodate anonymous refereeing, the author’s name and address should appear on a separate sheet and should not be repeated in the text.

“Blind title page A page giving only the title without the authors' names should be provided for use in the review process. Do not include author(s) name(s) in the text or page header.”

 

 

 

 

 

Acta Baltica Historiae Et Philosophiae Scientiarum

“ABHPS is a double blind peer-reviewed research journal.”

 

 

 

 

 

Acta Biotheoretica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Acta Philosophica

“The works received will be submitted by the Editorial Board to the judgment of blind referees.

“Article submissions should include a brief curriculum of the author and should be addressed to the Editorial Office of «Acta Philosophica»…. Ordinarily it is sufficient to email the collaborative file in Word or RTF format. The Editorial Secretary will then submit these files to the blind referees and inform the author within three months, in writing, if the article has been accepted for publication.”

 

 

 

 

 

Acta Philosophica Fennica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Acta Structuralica International Journal for Structuralist Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Adaptive Behavior

"Adaptive Behavior operates under a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author."

 

 

 

 

 

Aesthetic Investigations

“Peer Review Process

“1. Upon a text's submission the secretary to the editor checks to see whether the text complies with the style-sheet. The secretary's criteria: correct English, relevant subject matter, intelligible argument, ready for anonymous refereeing.

“Submission Preparation Checklist

”7. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring Anonymous Review have been followed.” The link to this page does not work.

In Philos-L announcement:

“It is Open Access and anonymously reviewed.

“Our website facilitates that articles be submitted in anonymised form, for the sake of blind reviewing, and that biographical details and a 150 words abstract are provided in a separate file.”

 

 

 

 

 

African Journal of Business Ethics

“For purposes of quality assurance all manuscripts received are subjected to a double blind peer review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Age of Human Rights Journal

“At least two anonymous referees will evaluate the unsigned manuscripts submitted for publication to The AHR Journal.”

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture & Human Values

“Double-blind peer review

“This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

   A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

AI and Ethics

"This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

  • A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.
  • A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page."

 

 

 

 

 

AI & Society

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Aisthema

No fully accessible English language website. From the Philos-L announcement: “Aisthema (from the Greek  αἴσθημα, "perception") is a new open access electronic Journal, based on a blind peer-reviewed process, etc.”

 

 

 

 

 

Aisthesis

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

AJOB Neuroscience

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Akropolis: Journal of Hellenic Studies

“Editors and the Editorial Staff shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that the reviewers remain anonymous to the authors before, during and after the evaluation process and the authors remain anonymous to reviewers until the end of the review procedure.
“Peer Review
“Authors are obliged to participate in our double-blind peer review process.
“In the main review phase, the Editor sends submitted papers to two experts in the field. …In the final section of the evaluation form, the reviewers must include observations and suggestions …; these are sent to authors, without the names of the reviewers. All of the reviewers of a paper act independently and they are not aware of each other’s identities.
“During the review process Editors may require authors to provide additional information ... These materials shall be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain.”

 

 

 

 

 

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly

“Manuscripts are blind reviewed. Those that pass an initial review by the Editor or an Associate Editor will be sent to one or more external referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

American Dialectic

“Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review, and should include a brief abstract on the title page along with your name, contact information, and institutional affiliation.

 

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Bioethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Jurisprudence

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Philology

“The Journal follows a policy of blind and anonymous reviewing. Authors are asked to prepare their manuscripts so that their own identities are not revealed to editorial readers. The first two pages should be unnumbered: (1) a cover page with the title of the manuscript, the author’s name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address; and (2) an abstract of 100 or fewer words (repeat the title of the article on the abstract page to identify it).”

 

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Physics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Semiotics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

American Journal of Theology & Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

American Philosophical Quarterly

“In both cases [Articles and Discussions], there will be double-blind refereeing, as described in the Editorial Procedures.

“In order to ensure anonymity of submissions, authors using Word are advised to go to "File...Properties..." and delete all author-identifying information, under all tabs.

“Submissions should be sent to the editor as an email attachment, with the prefix APQ in the subject line of the message.”

 

 

 

 

 

Analecta Hermeneutica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Analecta Husserliana

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

AnaLize - Journal of Gender and Feminist Studies

“The journal is committed to a double-blind reviewing policy according to which the identity of both the reviewer and author is always unknown for both parties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Analyse & Kritik

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis

“We practise triple anonymity: the Editor receives the submissions in anonymous form, as do referees, and authors are not informed of the identity of referees.

“Manuscripts should be sent in anonymous form, and include an abstract of no more than 100 words and a list of keywords, which will be published only in the online version. A separate file/sheet should give the author’s details, including the email address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis and Metaphysics

“Anonymity

We do not release reviewers’ identities to authors or to other reviewers, except when reviewers specifically ask to be identified. Unless they feel strongly, however, we prefer that reviewers should remain anonymous throughout the review process and beyond. Before revealing their identities, reviewers should consider the possibility that they may be asked to comment on the criticisms of other reviewers and on further revisions of the manuscript; identified reviewers may find it more difficult to be objective in such circumstances. We ask reviewers not to identify themselves to authors without the editor's knowledge. If they wish to reveal their identities while the manuscript is under consideration, this should be done via the editor, or if this is not practicable, we ask authors to inform the editor as soon as possible after the reviewer has revealed his or her identity to the author. We deplore any attempt by authors to confront reviewers or determine their identities. Our own policy is to neither confirm nor deny any speculation about reviewers' identities, and we encourage reviewers to adopt a similar policy.

“Double blind peer review

All papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anonymous double-blind peer review. All material submitted to our journal will be reviewed by the Editorial team. Papers may be rejected without full peer review, remaining papers will be sent for external peer review. Our journal operates a double-blind peer review process and aims to provide rapid peer review with papers receiving a first decision within an average of 30 days.”

 

 

 

 

 

Analytic Philosophy

“Submissions should be prepared for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis

“Articles should be approximately 4000-8000 words, e-mailed as a word document or RTF, and prepared for ‘blind-review’ (with author’s name and institutional affiliation appearing on a separate page).”

 

 

 

 

 

αnalytica

“All unsolicited submissions will be refereed anonymously.

“- please make sure that all identifying information has been omitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Philosophy

“Since Ancient Philosophy has adopted the policy of ' blind review ', information identifying the author should only appear on a separate page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Philosophy Today

"All papers submitted to Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI are reviewed by the Editors and/or by the relevant Associate Editor(s); they may, in addition, be submitted for review to external referees using a double-blind peer review system."

 

 

 

 

 

Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities

“Peer Review Policy:

All research articles published in General Issues of the journal have undergone peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Articles published in Special Issues of the journal are normally on invitation.”

 

 

 

 

 

Annales Philosophici

“Contributions to Annales Philosophici will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

“Neither the name(s) of the author(s) nor any institutional affiliation may be shown in the paper itself, and all references to an author’s own work(s) must be disguised (e.g. by being made in an impersonal and neutral form) or omitted. Extravagant acknowledgments of gratitude must likewise be omitted. Self-identifying references may be restored after the evaluation process is complete.”

 

 

 

 

 

Annals of Pure and Applied Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Antae

“As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines."

“6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.” [Website supplies no link to these instructions. The link to the MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors PDF does not work. The guide can be ordered through the MHRA website; but that link also does not work.]

 

 

 

 

 

Anthropology of Consciousness

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Anthropos?

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Apeiron

Website inaccessible. “For inquiries regarding submissions please contact Luis Salas at apeiron@austin.utexas.edu .

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Ontology

No mention of blind review,

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Mathematics and Computation

"Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summary declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind)."

"This journal operates a single blind review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Appraisal

“All articles will be subject to blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Archai

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Architecture Philosophy

“Architecture Philosophy conducts double-blind reviews of all papers submitted. Each paper is reviewed by one philosopher and one architect. Reviewers are members of the editorial board and are asked to evaluate submissions according to the following criteria ….”
[access to anonymizing submission instructions requires login]

 

 

 

 

 

Archive for Mathematical Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Archives of the History and Philosophy of Medicine

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Arena Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Arendt Studies

"Article manuscripts must be prepared for blind review with the author’s name and affiliation appearing only on the first, detachable page"

 

 

 

 

 

Aretè: International Journal of Philosophy, Human & Social Sciences

“The submitted articles should include a brief curriculum of the author and should be addressed to the Editorial Office of Aretè in Word or PDF Format. The Editorial Staff will submit these files to the blind referees and inform the author within a month, in writing, whether the article has been accepted for publication.
“… The author’s name should immediately follow the title, along with a note containing the author’s email, full address, and academic institution.”

 

 

 

 

 

Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal

“All articles in the journal are double blind-refereed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Argument & Computation

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Argumenta

“All the contributions will undergo a standard double blind refereeing procedure.

“Journal Policy

“Upon submission, all manuscripts are checked by the journal office staff to confirm that they conform to the submission requirements, especially those pertaining to author anonymity. At this point, manuscripts may be returned to the author for the required changes. Properly anonymized initial submissions are then passed on to the Editor, who carries out a first screening…

“Original Articles: Manuscripts that pass the Editor’s initial screening are sent for a second screening, this time by an Associate Editor who handles the subject area of the manuscript. … Manuscripts that pass the second internal screening are sent for double-blind review to two outside reviewers.

“Anonymization: Please anonymize your submission for blind review. In particular, remove your name from the title page, headers and footers; remove any acknowledgments or references to personal communication; remove any references to your own published or unpublished manuscripts; remove references to other authors’ unpublished manuscripts, as references to such manuscripts can potentially reveal your identity or can suggest that you have personal contact with those authors (even if that is not the case).”

 

 

 

 

 

Argumentation

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Argumentation and Advocacy

“The journal follows a policy of blind peer review. Manuscripts for regular issues ordinarily will be read by two or three reviewers selected from among the Editorial Board and invited referees; manuscripts for special issues will be read by a guest Editor and invited referees.
“Step 1) Create Paper: … To ensure blind review, any material that would identify the author should be stripped from the text of the paper. Also, please remove personal information from the “properties” box for the document ….
“Step 2) Submit Author Information: Click the “submit author info” button, and then provide the following information: the author’s name, current academic title and affiliation, post-secondary institutions attended and degrees earned, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, a history of the manuscript (whether it is derived from a graduate thesis and, if so, identify the advisor), any previous public presentation or publication of any portion, and/or other relevant information.”

 

 

 

 

 

Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics

“To ensure anonymity in the review process, the author’s name should appear only on the cover page, and nowhere else in the body of the article or the footnotes (self-references should be camouflaged).”

 

 

 

 

 

Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume

“The Society is unusual in that most of the papers it publishes are the result of direct invitations to particular individuals. However, the Society is also willing to consider replies and discussion notes, which will undergo a process of refereeing.

”Papers submitted for blind review should include a cover sheet with the title, author's name, institution, post, e-mail and phone contact details. Wherever possible, there should be no self-identifying references in the text.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ars Disputandi

“Blind review procedures

“To guarantee the quality of published material, all papers will be subjected to blind review.

“All contributions should be submitted as attachments to email-messages addressed to arsdisputandi@uu.nl.”

 

 

 

 

 

Artificial Intelligence

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Artificial Intelligence and Law

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Asian Journal of Business Ethics

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Asian Journal of Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Asian Philosophy

“Peer Review Policy:

All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

“Submissions will be seen anonymously by two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

ATLANTÍS Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Augustinian Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Augustinianum

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Auslegung

“Auslegung opposes all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, creed, and national origin.  So the journal subscribes to a blind review policy; the author’s name and academic institution should appear only on a separate cover sheet.”

 

 

 

 

 

Australasian Journal of Logic

“The blind refereeing process requires that the editor send the referees an anonymous manuscript. We use PDF (Portable Document Format) files in the refereeing process. To submit an article for publication to the journal, therefore, we must receive an electronic copy of your manuscript.

“Please ensure that your document is thoroughly anonymous, so that the refereeing process can be truly blind. (In particular, check the ‘Document Properties’ of any PDF file you produce. These may reveal the name of the author.)

“The author who submits the paper to the journal will be treated as the corresponding author of the manuscript, and, in the case of a multiply authored article, this author will be responsible for communicating with the other authors.”

 

 

 

 

 

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

“ScholarOneManuscripts* offers authors the option of supplying a 'cover letter'. The AJP requires authors to include such a letter, which must contain all useful contact information — email address, fax and phone numbers, postal address, etc., plus notification of any expected changes in these details.

“In order to facilitate dispassionate refereeing, neither the name(s) of the author(s) nor any institutional affiliation may be shown in the paper itself, and all references to an author's own work(s) must be disguised (e.g. by being made in an impersonal and neutral form), with journal and book titles/publishers suppressed, or omitted altogether. Acknowledgments of gratitude must likewise be omitted. (Self-identifying references may be restored after the evaluation process is complete.)”

 

 

 

 

 

Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy

No mention of peer review.

 

 

 

 

 

Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics

“Papers submitted for publication in the journal will be blind refereed. In order to facilitate double-blind refereeing, the author(s)'s name(s) should not be shown on the manuscript, and all identifying references to the author(s)'s own work(s) should be masked or omitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Australasian Philosophical Review

From Philos-L announcement: “Each issue of the *Australasian Philosophical Review* will have a different curator, and a different editorial team assembled by the given curator. The editorial team will appoint the author of the target article and the authors of the invited commentaries.
“The open commentaries will be written by people who have registered with the journal to be sent alerts when target articles (and invited commentaries) are released to the commentary community. An invitation for submission of proposals for open commentaries will be made when invited material for a forthcoming issue is released. The editorial team will select, from among the submitted proposals, those that will lead to invitations to submit completed commentaries. All of this process will be managed through an online platform that enables double-blind refereeing.”

 

 

 

 

 

Avant

“III. The peer reviewing process:

1. The manuscript is sent out to two external peer reviewers before the possible publication. For this purpose secretariat makes copies of text without author’s personal data and sends them for two reviewers. The peer reviewing process is double-blind.

2. The peer review process in Avant is done by strict specialists in the disciplines. They are outside of the Editorial Board, Advisory Board, publisher and place of affiliation of the author. We have the international Peer Review Board, but in many cases we ask external specialists.

3. The anonymous peer review includes an evaluation of the manuscript and eventual suggestions of amendments.”

 

 

 

 

 

Avello Publishing Journal

No website. From Philos-L announcement: “Email your papers and monograph chapter proposals to avellopublishing@yahoo.co.uk now for anonymous peer review and manuscript tracking.”

 

 

 

 

 

Axiomathes: Where Science Meets Philosophy

“Reviewing Procedure

Axiomathes follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted. Authors are responsible for reinserting self-identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission.”

 

 

 

 

 

Azimuth. Philosophical coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age

“All essays are received by direct invitation of the Editorial board and are all double blind-peer reviewed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Balkan Journal of Philosophy

“To accommodate anonymous refereeing, the author's name and address should appear on a separate sheet and should not be repeated in the text.

“The Balkan Journal of Philosophy follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore required to submit both a complete title page AND a blind title page with their manuscripts.

“The complete title page should include:

    The name(s) of the author(s)

    A concise and informative title

    The institutional affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

    The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

“The blind title page should ONLY give the title of the manuscript. Do NOT include author(s) name(s) in the manuscript text or page header.

“Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication

“Submissions to the Yearbook by contributors to the parallel sessions, authors of disputations, commentaries and critical notes are blind-reviewed.

   “Layout of the Opening Chapter Page

   “The opening page should consist of: the contributor’s name in capital letters, centered, on the first text line.”

 

 

 

 

 

Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics

“Submission Preparation Checklist

“As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

“If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

“With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Income Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Behavior & Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Behavioral & Brain Sciences

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Belgrade Philosophical Annual

"BPA is an open access academic journal published by the Institute for Philosophy, University of Belgrade, committed to the double blind peer reviewing process."

 

 

 

 

 

Bergsoniana

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Berkeley Studies

“Submitted articles must be suitable for blind review and should be submitted to the Senior or Coordinating Editor.”

 

 

 

 

 

Between the Species

“Remove any references that identify the author(s) to prepare your article for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Bibliographia

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Bioethica Forum

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Bioethics

“Please ensure that the manuscript is ANONYMOUS by putting your name, contact details (including email address), and any self-identifying references in a separate file.”

 

 

 

 

 

Bioethics Research Notes

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Biological Theory

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Biology & Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Black Scholar

"All peer review is double blind and submission is via Editorial Manager."

 

 

 

 

 

Brain and Mind

“Reviewing Procedure

Brain and Mind follows a double−blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Brill Open Humanities

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

British Journal for the History of Philosophy

“All research articles and discussions published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-blind refereeing.”

 

 

 

 

 

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

“The BJPS selects papers for publication through a double blind peer review process.
“Submissions:
• should be prepared for blind refereeing, with identifying references removed;
• must be prefaced by an abstract of about 100 words;
• need not be in any particular style on initial submission, but if they are accepted for publication we will require a version in the Journal's style;
• should be accompanied by the telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.”

 

 

 

 

 

British Journal of Aesthetics

“Articles submitted in appropriate form will be refereed blind.”

 

 

 

 

 

British Journal of Political Science

"Manuscripts are initially assessed by an editor. If the editor decides to send out a manuscript for review, the Journal applies a double-blind process usually involving at least two referees."

 

 

 

 

 

Brolly: Journal of Social Sciences

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

No website. From Philos-L posting: “Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review. The article itself should contain no reference to the author’s identity. In a separate file, please submit an author sheet with the following information: title of submission, name of author, affiliation, contact information, e-mail address, abstract (no longer than 200 words), and five key words.”

 

 

 

 

 

Bulletin of Symbolic Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Bulletin d'analyse phénoménologique

“All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review prior to publication.”

 

 

 

 

 

Bulletin of the Section of Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Business and Professional Ethics Journal

“COVER LETTER

 

“The cover email letter should include:

Author(s) names and institutional affiliations

Contact information for one author, including at least email address and telephone number.

“Since a blind review process is used, no authors’ name should appear anywhere on the manuscript. In addition, because we share files electronically, it is the authors’ responsibility to strip the file of any other identifying notations, including references in the document’s properties, title, or first-person language in text of references.”

 

 

 

 

 

Business and Society Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Business Ethics Journal Review

“The goal of BEJR is to provide a forum for commentary on articles published in peer-reviewed business ethics journals.

“Commentaries are subject to a double-blind peer review process.”

[No Instruction to Authors for preserving authorial anonymity.]

 

 

 

 

 

Business Ethics: A European Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Business Ethics Quarterly

“If necessary to preserve anonymity in the review process, authors' names may be replaced with placeholders (e.g., replace "Smith, 2003" with "Author, 2003") and removed from the list of references.  However, the author should, in such cases, provide the editor with an additional document listing these anonymized sources.

In order to avoid compromising the anonymous review process, it is advisable for authors to refrain from presenting their work at conferences while it is under review at BEQ, and to remove any online postings of the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

"Papers submitted to CQ should be sent as electronic copy, preferably in MS Word, and should contain in the following order: title page, text, references. Manuscripts typically should be 5,000 to 7,000 words, including endnotes. On a separate page, supply a brief entry listing academic degrees, institutional affiliation, department, rank, and current projects for a "Contributors" section that appears in each issue of CQ. More detailed guidelines follow.

"Title Page: Title of the article, name of each author with institutional affiliation and complete mailing address for correspondence, plus phone and fax numbers and e-mail address. Include a short title of 45 characters or fewer to be used as a runninghead. Acknowledgments, if any, are to be provided with the submission as an unnumbered footnote. They are not to be added later with proof corrections."

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Journal of Philosophy

“All papers are blindly reviewed and are selected on the basis of whether they make significant, original contributions to the philosophical debates they address.

“All submissions are given blind editorial review. As many submissions as possible are sent to external referees, with a response to authors within six months of submission. When submissions are not sent for external refereeing, CJP endeavours to respond to authors within three months.”

 

 

 

 

 

Centaurus

"Centaurus follows a rigorous double-blind review."

 

 

 

 

 

Chesterton Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Chiasmi International

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Childhood & Philosophy

“All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by at least two members of our board of editorial consultants.”

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Bioethics

"Review process: all manuscripts submitted to Christian Bioethics are submitted to double-blind peer review."

 

 

 

 

 

Chromatikon: Annales de la philosophie en process/Yearbook of Philosophy in Process

“The journal strongly prefers to receive submissions that are prepared for “blind review :” authors should not be identified in the attachment itself, but only in the body of the e-mail to which the document is attached.”

 

 

 

 

 

Cilicia Journal of Philosophy

“Please include your name, contact information, and the title of your paper in your message. All submissions will be acknowledged by email, and all subsequent correspondence regarding the manuscript will be sent via email rather than post.
“Further, manuscripts must be prepared for double-blind refereeing, with any and all revealing references to the author removed, including personal acknowledgments. Any submission that does not adequately conceal the identity of its author will not be read.”

 

 

 

 

 

Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“1) The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“2) With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

“3) With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Classical Antiquity

“Submissions are refereed anonymously. Contributors should omit their names and other identifying references from the manuscript, and include a cover letter with name, address, and title of article. Previous publications by the contributor should be referred to in the third person.”

 

 

 

 

 

Classical Quarterly

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Clinical Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History

"List name and affiliation on a separate cover sheet, but include only the essay’s title on the manuscript itself to facilitate blind reading of submissions."

 

 

 

 

 

CLR James Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Cogency

“Because the identity of authors is concealed from reviewers (because the process of reviewing is a blind peer review), each manuscript should contain a separate title page containing:

(1) Title

(2) Author name(s),

(3) The author’s full address, including telephone number and e-mail.

The author’s identity should not otherwise be revealed in the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Cognitive Systems Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Collapse Journal of Philosophical Research and Development

No paper submission policy statement, no mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Collingwood and British Idealism Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative Philosophy

“Reviewing Procedure

Comparative Philosophy follows a blind peer reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested not to include their name or affiliation in their submitted papers. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided (with ‘Author’ and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the author’ name, article title, etc.).”

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative and Continental Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Conatus

"Papers submitted to Conatus - Journal of Philosophy are peer-reviewed in a double-blind evaluation process; each paper is being assessed by two referees (an Associate Editor and a member of the Editorial Board). In the case of conflicting reviewer comments the final decision rests with the Managing Editor. Anonymity is maintained between the authors and the reviewers."

 

 

 

 

 

Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophie

“We adopt a double blind reviewing policy, thus ensuring that the identities of both the author and the referees are not revealed during the process. When submitting your article, please ensure that your full name and address (including e-mail address), your institutional affiliation, five to ten keywords, and an abstract appear on a separate page. Your name should not appear on any page; references to your own work should not reveal your identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Consciousness and Cognition

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Contellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Constructivist Foundations

“Before submitting your conceptual, research, synthetic or review paper, make sure that it contains the following parts.

“List of at least 5 potential reviewers who are not in a direct working relation with you and who are qualified for double-blind peer-reviewing your paper”

 

 

 

 

 

Contemporary Aesthetics

“All articles will be blind-refereed except when invited.

“Do not include the author’s name or any other identifying information. Any identifying reference in the endnotes should be left blank.

“An e-mail message with the article as an attachment to Contemporary Aesthetics should be sent to [email address]. Use "Submission" as the subject in the email address block. The message should include (1) the author’s name, (2) the title of the article, (3) an abstract of no more than 150 words, and (4) any relevant information about the author, including institutional affiliation, mailing and e-mail addresses.”

 

 

 

 

 

Contemporary Chinese Thought

“Submission of Manuscripts

Note that these instructions are for previously accepted papers only. Unsolicited

manuscripts are seldom used.”

 

 

 

 

 

Contemporary Political Theory

“REVIEW POLICIES

“As clearly expressed in the journal’s ‘Aims and Scope’ the goal of the editorial team is to maintain the highest professional standards, to ensure that the practice of double-blind review is both rigorous and fair, and at the same time to keep the submissions process efficient and to expedite it whenever possible. In our efforts to maintain these standards and achieve these goals, we do the following: insist on completely anonymous submissions from authors ensure that all materials sent to reviewers are anonymous in turn, ensure that reviews passed on to authors are also anonymous attempt to complete any internal review (see below) of a submission within two weeks.”

...

“Overall, then, our goal, once a manuscript is submitted in appropriate form, is to complete a full double-blind review within three months.”

“We will not pre-screen manuscripts for area, field, or content. However submissions that are clearly below the standard of quality peer-reviewed work or that are otherwise clearly unsuitable for the journal will be rejected internally, and the editors will explain this decision in their response to the author.”

“Manuscript Preparation
1) Anonymity, Abstract, and Title Page

“Given the journal’s use of the double-blind review process, authors must prepare their manuscript anonymously. Aside from the title page (see below) please remove all identifying references: this includes both direct references to yourself and indirect references to colleagues, co-authors, and collaborators that would make it easy for a reader to deduce your identity. If the argument of the manuscript depends upon the citation of your own previous work, then please voice those citations in the third person and include the works in the reference list as you would for any other author.

“The manuscript should be one single document, beginning with a title page that contains the following: the names, full addresses, and institutional affiliation of all authors

...

“Please make certain to repeat the title of your essay on the first page of the text (after the title page) so that reviewers reading the anonymous version of the text will know its title.

“In addition to the considerations noted above under manuscript preparation, please make certain that the digital file you send is anonymous. Anonymizing the digital file may require removing author information from the ‘properties’ field in MS Word and from the properties or ‘get info’ field of the file itself.”

 

 

 

 

 

Contemporary Pragmatism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Con-Textos Kantianos

Links provided at Information For Authors page connect to DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology.

 

 

 

 

 

continent.

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Philosophy Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Thought and Theory

“All manuscripts undergo a blind peer review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Contradictions: A Journal for Critical Thought

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions to the History of Concepts

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy

“Apart from book notes all submissions are double-blind reviewed in accordance with our policy.” [One must log in in order to find out what the policy is]

 

 

 

 

 

Criminal Justice Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Criminal Law and Philosophy

“Double-blind peer review

“This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Crisis and Critique

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Crítica

“Authors must send two electronic versions of their manuscripts. One should include the author’s name, title of contribution, e-mail address, postal address (including phone and fax numbers); and a second version should be prepared for blind refereeing, where all references to the author including acknowledgements and bibliographical details are omitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Hermeneutics

"This journal follows a double-blind refereeing process for each submission."

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy & Social Theory

“Refereeing is anonymous unless a referee chooses otherwise. Papers are reviewed blind and it is the author’s responsibility to disguise authorship by appropriate means. When preparing your article for submission please take the following steps:

    “Remove your name entirely from the text. If you cite your own publications be sure to substitute the word ‘author’ for your own personal details and for the actual title of the work cited.

    “With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File>Save As>Tools (or Options with a Mac)>Security>Remove personal information from the file properties on save>Save.

    “On any PDF uploaded, remove the author names from Document Properties found under File on Adobe.”

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Inquiry

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Philosophy of Race

“The journal uses a double-blind review process; please remove all references to or clues about your identity as author(s) from the main text and footnotes.”

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

“All authors of a manuscript should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. Please give the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. … Please note that the email address of the corresponding author will normally be displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal style) and the online article.

“All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening, anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees, and consequent revision by article authors when required.”

 

 

 

 

 

Croatian Journal of Philosophy

No author guidelines.

 

 

 

 

 

Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

“Together with the manuscript, the authors must send their actual professional address and the e-mail address.

“All texts are reviewed by two experts. The double-blind peer review process is expected to take 2-3 months or more in some cases.”

 

 

 

 

 

Culture Machine

"Contributions will be rendered anonymous for the purposes of refereeing."

 

 

 

 

 

Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities

“The affiliation address of the contributor should be given at the end of the article or review as well as an e-mail contact. If necessary, another contact address may be provided.
“Academic Integrity
Editors and reviewers must treat all submissions under review as confidential.
Editors must protect the identity of reviewers and the identity of authors if a double-blind review process is used.”

 

 

 

 

 

Danish Yearbook of Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy

“Title Page

• The title page should include:

• The name(s) of the author(s)

• A concise and informative title

• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

“Blind title page: A page giving only the title without the authors' names should be

provided for use in the review process. Do not include author(s) name(s) in the text or page header.”

 

 

 

 

 

De Ethica

“The manuscript must be prepared for blind review. This includes making sure that references to the author(s) are removed from the file properties.
“De Ethica is committed to a double-blind review process. The submitted manuscript will first be screened by De Ethica's Assistant Editor in order to ensure complete anonymity of the text. The anonymized text will then be sent to the Editors and, if approved by the Editors after a charitable reading, to two independent reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Debates in Aesthetics

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    “The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with “Author” and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors’ name, article title, etc.
    “With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.
    “With PDFs, the authors’ names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat’s main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Décalages: An Althusser Studies Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Deleuze Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

La Deleuziana

“The articles should be anonymous and follow the template’s instructions. A short abstract must be included as showed on the template. Authors need to ensure that their manuscript does not give away in any way their identity (Please don’t use formulas as ‘I’ve already said this in….’, ‘As I already wrote in my book…’).
“This journal with a double-blind peer review policy. Once received, the anonymous contributions will be sent to at least two anonymous referees for the review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Derrida Today

“Review process

All articles are peer-reviewed through a blind reviewing process. All identifying marks should be removed from your submission. Do not include your name anywhere in your article (in running headers and footers, for example), and try as far as possible to remove it from your file Properties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dialectica

“Dialectica practices double blind refereeing, as well as blind editing, and follows the "Guidelines for the Handling of Manuscripts by the Editors of Philosophy Journals" of the Association of Philosophy Journal Editors.

“The paper must be suitable for blind refereeing. The author's name and institutional affiliation should not appear in the manuscript. References to the author's own work must be cast in such a way that they do not reveal the identity of the manuscript's author. We recommend simply replacing the entire reference, including title and facts of publication, with an expression such as 'author's article', 'author's book', 'author's book 2', etc. Acknowledgements must be removed for the initial review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dialogue

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Dialogue and Universalism

“Submissions are sent to two referees for blind peer review. To facilitate blind refereeing, the author’s name and address should appear on a detachable title page, but nowhere else in the article. The list of the current referees is available on our website.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

“Manuscripts submitted using the ScholarOne system must be prepared for blind refereeing. No identifying references to the author in footnotes, headers, etc. should appear in the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dialogues in Philosophy, Mental and Neuro Sciences

“All submitted manuscripts will be firstly evaluated by the editorial staff on thematic suitability. In this first phase only the suitability of the topics (not the quality of the manuscript) will be considered.

“Those manuscripts having passed the thematic suitability screening will be sent to three external and independent anonymous referees (double blind peer review).”

 

 

 

 

 

Diametros

“Submissions should include:

   1) the actual text, which we expect to be in good draft form; it should not include the name of the author,

   2) a separate note about the author (or the authors), giving their names, institutional affiliations, full address information for every author, their e-mail addresses and, should the authors wish, their academic titles, as well as a selection of their publications.

“The review process will respect the following anonymity guidelines:

   (1) All articles submitted to our journal will be reviewed on an anonymous basis. The Editorial Board, however, does not intend to verify that a particular text contains no references to other works of the author which might make it possible to identify him. We therefore ask authors whose texts contain such references to remove them from the initial version of their submission. They can be incorporated later in the final version that will be sent after their text has been accepted for publication.

   (2) We will also respect anonymity in the other direction. The identity of the referee will be unknown to the author, unless the former expressly wishes his name to be disclosed (i.e. not removed from the part of the review form that is destined to be sent to the author). We would prefer, however, that this latter case be the exception rather than the rule. (It might be admissible only in situations where an interesting discussion might result between the referee and the author.)”

 

 

 

 

 

Dilemata: International Journal of Applied Ethics

“Authors should make sure that their names are not included in the text, in order to ensure a blind peer-review process.

”Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    “The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    “With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    “With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Diogenes

“Diogenes is a 100% double-blind peer-reviewed journal. Typically, a single manuscript is submitted to two reviewers. In case of substantial disagreement between the reviews, or for any other relevant reasons, a third or more double-blind reviews are requested.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dionysius

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Discipline Filosofiche

“All papers, whether solicited by the editors or submitted in response to a call for papers, undergo a double-bind peer review process.

“Manuscripts … should be prepared for anonymous refereeing and sent by email attachment…

“Peer-review

“Articles will be submitted anonymously, omitting any personal information (including those contained in the document properties, etc.). Acknowledgements will be temporarily excluded, but can be reinstated in case of acceptance. Every article will be accompanied by a separate file containing title, author(s) name, institutional affiliation, e-mail and address, an English abstract of about 150 words, and a short biographical note. … Every submission will be first examined by the Journal’s Editor and/or Guest Editors as to their relevance to the general topic of the issue. Articles judged to be relevant will undergo a double-blind peer-review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture

"Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review (i.e. without any reference to the author's identity). Discourse maintains a double-blind review process"

 

 

 

 

 

Disputatio

“All Unsolicited Contributions to Disputatio are triple-blind refereed: the names and institutional affiliations of authors are not revealed to the Editors, the editorial committee and editorial board, or to the referees. Without the prior permission of the Editors, referees and Board members will not show to other people material supplied to them for evaluation. All published submissions have been anonymously reviewed by at least two referees.

“The evaluation process has up to five sequential stages, as follows:

    Preliminary vetting by a member of the Editorial committee.

    Refereeing, 1

    Refereeing, 2 (referees may be members of the Editorial Board, or indicated by members of the Editorial Board or the Advisory Board).

    Scrutiny of submission and referees’ reports by the Editors.

    Scrutiny of submission, referee’s reports and Editors’ opinion by members of the Editorial committee.

    Final decision by the Editors.

“Submissions are made by email attachment to disputatio@campus.ul.pt. Manuscripts prepared for blind review may be submitted in .doc, .docx, .rtf, PostScript and .pdf.”

 

 

 

 

 

Dissonância: Critical Theory Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Duquesne Studies in Phenomenology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

East Asian Journal of Philosophy

"All manuscripts received, if found suitable by the editorial board, are subjected to a double blind peer-review in order to be accepted for publication."

 

 

 

 

 

The Ecological Citizen

"For long articles, peer review is conducted in a double-blind fashion wherever possible, and at least two reviews are sought for each piece. In contrast, the 'rapid review' process for Opinions and Reflections may be based on the views of a single reviewer"

 

 

 

 

 

Economics and Philosophy

“The articles must be prepared for anonymous refereeing: that is, a referee should not be able to see or directly infer from the paper who the author is. For instance, instead of writing ‘as I have argued previously in Meier (2003)’, please write ‘as has been argued in Meier (2003)’; instead of putting ‘Name Suppressed, “Free-Will in Economics”, Economics and Philosophy 20: 123-145’, write, for instance, ‘Meier, P. (2003): “Free Will in Economics” Economics and Philosophy 20: 123-145.’”

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Philosophy and Theory

“All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening, anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees, and consequent revision by article authors when required.”

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Theory

“Manuscripts are sent out for anonymous review (i.e., reviewers do not know the identity of authors, and authors do not know the identity of reviewers). To preserve the advantages of anonymous reviewing, authors should avoid self-identification in the text as well as in the footnotes of the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture

"...the text is subject to the double-blind peer-review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Elenchos

"Articles are peer-reviewed on a double-blind basis."

 

 

 

 

 

Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication

"Empedocles publishes double-blind peer reviewed articles (6,000-8,000 words), as well as book reviews, interviews and discussions."

 

 

 

 

 

Enrahonar

"A system of double-blind review is to be adopted, which helps editors and the editorial board to make decisions on manuscripts submitted and at the same time gives authors an opportunity to improve their work."

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Ethics

“Submission requirements include one paper copy along with an electronic version. Text should be double-spaced. Include a cover letter and abstract with the manuscript.

“The author’s name should not appear in the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Philosophy

“In preparing an article or discussion paper for submission, please:

    Include an article abstract of 100 words maximum

    Include author's name and institutional affiliation with the title on a separate cover page to facilitate blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Epekeina. International Journal of Ontology. History and Critics

“Peer Review Process

“Journal operates with a Certified Double Blind Peer Review. All papers considered appropriate for the journal are reviewed anonymously by one or two (sometimes three) reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Episteme

“All self-identifying marks should be removed from the article itself to facilitate blind review. In addition to the article itself, an abstract should be submitted as a separate file (also devoid of author-identifying information).”

 

 

 

 

 

Epistemologia

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Epistemology & Philosophy of Science

Website server inaccessible. Philos-L announcement contains no mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy

“Submissions may be sent electronically or by regular mail. A 100 word abstract should be included with each article.  The manuscript should be prepared for blind review with the author's name and affiliation appearing only on the first, detachable page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

“On receiving a submission, the EJPE editors assess its interest for the journal and whether it should be passed on for peer-review. All retained article submissions are anonymously reviewed by 2 to 3 external referees with relevant expertise. Where reviewers disagree substantially, the editors may request further referee reports or arbitrate using their own judgement. The editors may also commission further review of a revised paper by the original referees if they consider it necessary.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ergo

“Ergo uses a triple-anonymous peer review process. The author submits an anonymized manuscript which is reviewed by a section editor (authors have the option to choose which section their submission is sent to: Ancient Philosophy, Feminist Theory, etc.). The section editor issues a decision, advised by external reviewers when appropriate. The managing editors approve this decision except in extraordinary cases, such as negligence or bias on the part of a section editor or reviewer.

“Section editors and reviewers do not know authors' identities, nor are they identified to authors. The managing editors know the identities of all parties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Erkenntnis

“Double-blind peer review

“This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Eshare: An Iranian Journal of Philosophy

“Papers should be submitted to the following email address: in two files as attachments. The first file (Title Page) should only contain the author’s (or authors’) complete information (including full name, email address and postal address). The second file should contain an abstract (200 words or less) and the body of the paper (and nothing else). Any information (including what may be found in the footnotes or in the bibliography) that may, directly or indirectly, lead to the identification of the author(s) should be eliminated from the second file.
“Referee process:
“Eshare will follow a triple-blind refereeing procedure. After the editor’s initial approval and the positive feedback of one of the advisory board members, the paper will be sent to the first referee. If the paper passes this stage, it will be sent out for the second round of reviewing. The editor will make the final decision to accept a paper based on a through assessment of the referee reports. The assistant editor of the journal will inform the author(s) of the final decision.”

 

 

 

 

 

eSharp

“Once the deadline for submissions has passed, all received papers are sent out for review. We assign two reviewers to each paper, making sure that those reviewers have a degree of expertise in the subject matter dealt with in the article. The whole process is anonymous (or 'double blind') so reviewers will not know whose article they are reading, nor will authors know who reviewed their work.
“The reviewers will analyse the paper using the Peer Review Pack developed by eSharp. It is advised that submitters familiarise themselves with this document before sending in their work. Following our guidelines, each reviewer will annotate the article using the 'comment' function of Word then prepare a feedback report for the author, and a decision report for the eSharp board. The decision they make will be figured by a grade of 1-4 whereby:
Accept without revision
Accept subject to minor revisions
Accept subject to substantial revision
Reject
“Each article is also read by at least one member of the eSharp board to ensure consistency in standards of writing and reviewing.”

 

 

 

 

 

Essays in Philosophy

“The Issue Editor has the sole privilege and responsibility on the question of the acceptability of papers. In the case where a reviewer fails to respond in a timely manner, the editor will render a decision without external advice. The Issue Editor has the discretion to use outside reviewers or not, as he/she sees fit.

“All papers will be blind reviewed by the issue editor and reviewers. Only the General Editor will know the identity of the individual submitting a paper.

“Since all reviewing is blind, please do not send your submission to the Issue Editor.

“Papers should be prepared with ‘blind reviewing’ in mind. Specifically, no reference should be made to the author(s) in the essay (including notes).”

 

 

 

 

 

Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics

“Please include a short biographical note about the author and an English abstract of a maximum of 150 words (900 characters with spaces).

   “All articles are anonymously reviewed. Authors’ names should therefore not appear on manuscripts and any reference to the authors’ previous works should be in the third person.”

 

 

 

 

 

Estudios de Filosofía

“All manuscripts submitted to the Estudios de Filosofía are peer-reviewed according to the following procedure:

Initial review: The Editor-in-Chief evaluates each manuscript to determine if its topic and content is suitable for consideration by the Estudios de Filosofía. Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors within one week of receipt. This is in the best interest of the authors who could then decide to either correct the problems or to submit the manuscript to a more appropriate venue, avoiding delays from a lengthy review process that would nonetheless lead to rejection.

Peer review: Manuscripts that pass the initial review are assigned to an Associate Editor, who selects several referees based on their expertise in that particular field. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees under a double-blind peer review process, where both the referees and the authors are kept anonymous. Members of the Editorial Board and Reviewers are required to manifest in writing to the Editor any impediment or conflict that could affect the impartial evaluation of the manuscript. Referees are asked to evaluate the manuscript based on its approach, quality of the argument, intrinsic value and importance of the central thesis, rigor, sharpness and accuracy of the analysis, as well as the use of original sources and updated literature on the topic. To facilitate timely publication, referees are asked to complete their reviews within one month. After collecting the referees' reports, the Associate Editor makes a recommendation on the acceptability of the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief.

Recommendation: Based on the referees' comments and the Associate Editor's recommendation, the Editor-in-Chief makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript and communicates to the authors the decision, along with referees' reports. The final decision can be "Accepted", "Accepted, subject to minor revisions", "Accepted, subject to major revisions", "A substantially different version is suggested", "Declined" A revised manuscript should be re-submitted within six months of the decision. It will usually be returned to the original referees for evaluation.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethical Perspectives

“Manuscripts should be submitted to [email address] and prepared for double blind peer review, i.e. anonymized and including an abstract, keywords and a full bibliography (in CMS).”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics

“In addition, please ensure that the manuscript is anonymous by deleting all self-identifying references and any thanks to specific people from the text and notes and putting them in a separate file.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics and Information Technology

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics & Behavior

“To facilitate anonymous review, only the article title should appear on the first page of the manuscript. An attached cover page must contain title, authorship, and an introductory footnote with professional titles and mailing addresses of the authors and any statements of credit or research support. Every effort should be made by the authors to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics and Education

“Peer Review Policy:

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics & Global Politics

“Title page Organize the title page in the following way: 1) title of manuscript, 2) name of author(s), 3) name of department(s) and institution(s), and 4) name and full postal and email address of the corresponding author who also acts as 'Guarantor' for all parts of the paper. Please observe that the journal adheres to a 'double blind' review process and thus the title page revealing the identity of the authors should be uploaded separately.

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics and Information Technology

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics & International Affairs

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics and Social Welfare

“This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts* (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.

“All submissions will be subject to anonymous peer review, normally by two referees, and the Editors' decision is final.

“Contributors who wish to reference their own previous publications in their paper are requested to anonymise their work by inserting 'Author' both in the body of the text where their name would normally appear, and also in the bibliography.

“Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text and when uploading this file, authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as  ‘File not for review.’

“The second version of the manuscript should have all information identifying the author removed from the file, to allow it to be sent anonymously to referees. This file should be defined as the ‘Main Document.’

“Corresponding authors should provide a full postal address and contact email address. Contributors should also include brief biographical details (not more than three lines) for each author, which may include their institutional affiliation, membership of an organisation and aspects of their biography, including experiences of social difference that they think are important and relevant to their contribution to the journal. These details should be saved as a separate file and defined as ‘Author Bio.’”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics & the Environment

“Notes should be on a separate sheet at the end of the manuscript. Authors should submit two copies of a manuscript, one completely blinded and one including all author contact information as well as an author bio of approximately 75 words.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Ethics Forum/ Les Ateliers de l’éthique

“Published texts will be selected among the best through double-blind refereeing.”

“Be sure to submit an anonymous file, i.e. one that does not include your name or the names of co-authors, institutional affiliation or explicit references to your identity or previous work in the text or endnotes. You will have the change restore these references and information later on in the process. You should also remove your identity from the file properties by clicking on the following commands:

Windows: File > Save as … > Tools > Security > Remove personal information from this file on save > Save.

Mac: File > Save as … > Options … > (show all) Security > Remove personal information from this file on save > OK.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics, Policy & Environment: A Journal of Philosophy & Geography

“Manuscripts should be stripped of any reference to the author(s).  Please send a separate document containing your title page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics, Politics & Society

"This section is open to all authors. Submissions to this section must be based on original research and will be subjected to double blind peer review."

 

 

 

 

 

Etikk i praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics

“EiP is double-blind peer reviewed and is published open access two times per year in May and November.
“Peer Review Process
Articles that are found promising will be subjected to review by independent expert peers (double-blind refereeing).”

 

 

 

 

 

Études Phénoménologiques / Phenomenological Studies

No website. From the Philos-L announcement: “Submissions should be original, not submitted elsewhere, and prepared for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Etyka

“Articles submitted for publication in Etyka undergo an initial qualification procedure by the Editorial Board. After being qualified by the Editorial Board, the article is reviewed by outside reviewers.
“When submitting the article, please enclose an abstract in English (maximum 800 characters), and a short note about the author (200 characters maximum).”
From the Philos-L announcement: “The articles are reviewed anonymously by prominent specialists in the field of philosophical ethics.”

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal for Philosophy of Science

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal of Analytic Philosophy

“All submitted articles will undergo double-blind review by at least two external referees.”
“Submitted manuscripts ought to be:
”• prepared for blind refereeing: authors` names and their institutional affiliations should not appear on the manuscript. Moreover, "identifiers" in MS Word Properties should be removed
”• accompanied by a separate file containing the title of the manuscript, a short abstract (not exceeding 250 words), keywords, academic affiliation and full address for correspondence including e-mail address”

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal of Japanese Philosophy

No mention of blind review in downloadable Call for Papers PDF or at Authors page.

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal of Philosophy

“Format:

Text should be double spaced, and papers should accommodate anonymous refereeing (authors provide their details separately in the submission process).

“Refereeing:

It is the policy of the Journal that all published papers will have undergone a process of anonymous refereeing (i.e will have been anonymously refereed at least once), assuming that they were submitted in suitable format … .”

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal of Political Theory

“The European Journal of Political Theory operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.”

 

 

 

 

 

European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy

“Papers must be prepared for blind review, omitting self-identifying information (name and address should be placed on a separate word file, and not repeated in the text). All papers are peer reviewed.”

 

 

 

 

 

European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms

“All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is online via Scholar One Manuscripts .”

 

 

 

 

 

European Review of Philosophy

“Manuscripts are reviewed by the Editor(s) of the issue and blind-reviewed by two anonymous referees.

“Submitted papers will be reviewed by the Editors and blind-reviewed by two anonymous referees. For the purpose of blind refereeing, authors are requested not to include their name or affiliation in the manuscript, but in a separate file. Each submission should consist of two distinct files:

    “A frontpage containing the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of the author(s), as well as any acknowledgment.

    “The manuscript of the paper (containing only the title, the abstract and the body of the article).”

 

 

 

 

 

Evental Aesthetics

“Our contributions are selected by our Editorial Board via a rigorous process of anonymous peer-review.

”As Evental Aesthetics is a peer-reviewed journal, the Editors reserve the right to remove the author’s name and affiliation from any piece before it is sent out for review.  Likewise, reviewers’ names and affiliations will remain anonymous.

“All submissions will be peer-reviewed anonymously.”

 

 

 

 

 

Excursions Journal

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    “The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with ‘Author’ and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    “With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    “With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Existenz

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Faith and Philosophy

“Submissions must be sent as e-mail attachments (preferably as MS Word documents, although WordPerfect documents are also acceptable).

“The journal strongly prefers to receive submissions that are prepared for ‘blind review’; i.e., authors should not be identified in the attachment itself, but only in the body of the e-mail to which the document is attached.”

 

 

 

 

 

Feminist Dissent

"If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed."

 

 

 

 

 

Film and Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Film-Philosophy

“If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, please ensure that it is ready for blind peer-review by removing your name from your document.

“Peer Review Process

“We operate a system of double-blind peer review. Every article submission accepted for consideration will be considered by two reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Filosofia Unisinos

“The publication of the article is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two ad hoc reviewers using the double blind review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Filosofija

No English-language website. From Philos-L call for papers: “Submissions should be sent by e-mail attachment to the following electronic addresses: … prepared for blind reviewing. The authors should remove from the body of the paper, the notes and the references all self-identifying references. The name, affiliation and contact information of the authors should be provided

on a separate page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Filosofia Theoretica: A Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Florida Philosophical Review

“All submissions will be subjected to anonymous review and should be prepared accordingly “Manuscripts will be subject to a blind review process, and the Editors will try to provide some comments to the authors based on the reviewers' reports, although this may not always be possible.”

 

 

 

 

 

Foucault Studies

“Anonymous papers are required with no mention of the author's name or affiliation appearing. Acknowledgements and references to the author's own work should be removed for the duration of the review process. … Please include your full academic or other affiliation, a brief biographical note and your postal address with your submission, but not in the article intended for review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Foundations of Physics

"Content published in this journal is peer reviewed (Single Blind)."

 

 

 

 

 

Foundations of Science

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Frontiers of Philosophy in China

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Future Humanities

"This Journal operates a double-blind peer review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Futures

"This journal uses double-blind review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa."

 

 

 

 

 

Games and Culture

“All submissions are peer reviewed by two or more members of the distinguished, multi-disciplinary editorial board. … Manuscripts will be sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation.
”An abstract of no more than 150 words, 4-5 keywords, and a brief biographical statement for each author must accompany each submission. The abstract and keywords should be placed on a separate page immediately after the title page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Gender and Family Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought

"All submissions are first desk-reviewed by the editor(s) who will assess whether the manuscript fits the aims and scope as well as the quality standards of the journal. Research articles that are selected to be sent out for review will be evaluated through double-blind peer review by at least two referees."

 

 

 

 

 

Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric

“Anonymization: Please anonymize your submission for blind review. In particular, the name of all authors should be removed from the title page or any other page of the manuscript; any acknowledgements or references to personal communication should also be removed; finally, remove all references to any of the authors’ unpublished manuscripts.”

 

 

 

 

 

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal

“SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

“The journal accepts electronic submissions by e-mail to gfpj@newschool.edu. Manuscripts should be submitted in Word (.doc) or RTF (.rtf) format.

“Print manuscripts may also be submitted. These must be double-spaced, prepared for blind review, and submitted in triplicate with cover letter, to:

Submissions, Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal

Department of Philosophy

New School for Social Research

65 5th Avenue, Room 250

New York, New York 10003 USA

“Authors should include a short biography giving academic affiliation, recent publications and areas of interest, and an abstract (up to 150 words).”

 

 

 

 

 

Grazer Philosophische Studien (International Journal for Analytic Philosophy)

“Except for invited submission for guest-edited special issues, GPS has a strict triple blind review policy, meaning that authors' identities are not revealed to referees or editors during review. Editors only become aware of the identity of an author if and when a paper is accepted for publication.”

 

 

 

 

 

Grotiana

“The journal is peer-reviewed, which means that all manuscripts will be refereed by the Editors with the help of external experts.”

 

 

 

 

 

GSTF Journal of General Philosophy

“Submissions will go through independent and professional ‘Blind Peer Review’ process.”

The paper template includes no anonymizing instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

HARTS & Minds

“Publication Process:
“Once the deadline has passed the editorial board reviews all submissions for eligibility and potential for publication.
“All articles accepted at this first stage will be peer-reviewed at the second stage. Peer-review is undertaken anonymously by an external academic who specialises in all or most of the aspects of the paper.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Harvard Review of Philosophy

“All articles are reviewed blindly, so we ask that the author’s name appear only on the first page of the manuscript and not in the body of the work.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Hastings Center Report

“All manuscripts will be subject to the standard peer review process by the Hastings Center Report editor and peer reviewers.

“Name(s) and contact information for the author(s) should appear only on an accompanying cover sheet. Include a mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and an email address.”

 

 

 

 

 

HEC (Healthcare Ethics Committee) Forum

No mention of blind review at website.

From Philos-L notice: “Manuscripts … should be prepared for blinded peer review with the authors’ names and other identifying information appearing only on a cover sheet.”

 

 

 

 

 

Hegel Bulletin (formerly Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain]

“All papers are double-blind refereed.

”The article file should be ready for blind review and must bear no trace of the author’s identity. The author's details (name, affiliation, email address and postal address) should be supplied either in the email or in a separate file.”

 

 

 

 

 

Heidegger Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Heythrop Journal

No mention of blind review. Obtaining submission guidelines requires log-in.

 

 

 

 

 

Historical Materialism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Historical Social Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

History and Philosophy of Logic

“All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.  An anonymised version of a paper is also required.

“Authors should prepare two versions of their manuscript.  One should be a complete text, while in the second document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees.  Please send both versions to the Editor upon submission.”.

 

 

 

 

 

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

History and Theory

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

History of European Ideas

“History of European Ideas is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is via email”

 

 

 

 

 

History of Humanities

“HoH follows a double-blind article review procedure in which the identities of the author and the evaluators remain confidential. Furthermore, we ask that all features that may identify the author be removed from the body of the text. Submissions should instead include a cover page indicating author’s name, affiliation, and contact information. Acknowledgments can be provided on a separate sheet.”

 

 

 

 

 

History of Philosophy Quarterly

“Submissions should be prepared for blind review in WORD or rft (not PDF) and sent by email attachment to Richard C. Taylor at [email address].”

 

 

 

 

 

History of Political Thought

 

“Copy should be submitted as an email attachment to the relevant editor (see below). … Copies should not contain any information that identifies the author.”

 

 

 

 

 

History of the Human Sciences

“1. Peer review policy

History of the Human Sciences operates a double-blind peer review policy.

“8.4.2 Corresponding Author Contact details

Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address and telephone numbers. Academic affiliations are required for all co-authors. These details should be presented separately to the main text of the article to facilitate anonymous peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Hobbes Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science

“Papers submitted to HOPOS cannot be reviewed unless they are properly blinded. To blind your paper, do not include a title page. The first page of the paper should contain the title, immediately followed by the abstract, immediately followed by the text of the paper. The author’s name should not appear on this page, nor should the author’s name appear in the manuscript, in references in the body of the text, or in the footnotes in such a way that might identify the author to the reviewer. Papers that do not conform to these specifications will be returned to the authors.”

 

 

 

 

 

Hospitality   Society

"Hospitality & Society is a refereed journal. Strict anonymity is accorded to both authors and referees."

 

 

 

 

 

Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Human Rights Review

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Human Studies: A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Humana.Mente

“Humana.Mente follows a double-blind review process, requiring authors to prepare an anonymized submission. To prepare an anonymized submission, authors are expected to remove author and institutional identities from the entire manuscript. Authors citing their own prior work should discuss it in the third person."

 

 

 

 

 

Humanicus

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Humanities

“The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list (read the criteria to qualify for authorship) and that they all have read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.
“A cover letter must be included with each manuscript submission. It should contain the full author names and affiliations, and further details about identifying text removed from the manuscript; you may append the complete version of your manuscript to the cover letter.
”The names of proposed and excluded reviewers should be provided in the submission system, not in the cover letter.
“Editorial Procedures and Peer-Review
“Initial Checks
“All submitted manuscripts received by the Editorial Office will be checked by a professional in-house Managing Editor to determine whether it is properly prepared and whether the manuscript follows the ethical policies of the journal. Manuscripts that do not fit the journals ethical policy will be rejected before peer-review. Manuscripts that are not properly prepared will be returned to the authors for revision and resubmission. After these checks, the Managing Editor will consult the journals’ Editor-in-Chief or the Guest Editor (or an Editorial Board member in case of a conflict of interest) to determine whether the manuscript fits the scope of the journal and whether it is scientifically sound. No judgment on the significance or potential impact of the work will be made at this stage. Reject decisions at this stage will be verified by the Editor-in-Chief.
“Peer-Review
“Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review. A double blind peer-review process is applied, where authors' identities are not known to reviewers.
“In the case of regular submissions, in-house assistant editors will invite experts, including recommendations by an academic editor. These experts may also include Editorial Board members and Guest Editors of the journal. In the case of a special issue, the Guest Editor will advise on the selection of reviewers. Potential reviewers suggested by the authors may also be considered. Reviewers should not have published with any of the co-authors during the past five years and should not currently work or collaborate with one of the institutes of the co-authors of the submitted manuscript.
“Editorial Decision and Revision
“Based on the comments and advice of the peer-reviewers, an external editor – usually the Editor-in-Chief or a Guest Editor – will make a decision to accept, reject, or to ask authors to revise the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Humanities Bulletin

"The reviewers’ reports are anonymous."

 

 

 

 

 

Hume Studies

“All submissions should be word-processed or typed, double spaced, and prepared for anonymous review by referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Husserl Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Hypatia

“Anonymity

“To facilitate our anonymous review process, the author should not be identified in the manuscript or the abstract.”

 

 

 

 

 

Iamure: International Journal of Literature, Philosophy and Religion

“The double-blind review process is adopted for the journal. The reviewer/s and the author/s do not know each other’s identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Idealistic Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture

"Upon acceptance of your manuscripts and having checked that our guidelines are followed, the editors will then send your manuscript to be double-blind refereed."

 

 

 

 

 

Identity in the Information Society

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

IfCoLog Journal of Logics and their Application

No editorial policy on paper submissions at website or in referenced Guide for Authors. Philos-L announcement: “Papers, suitable for blind reviewing, must be up to twenty pages.”

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

"Articles are reviewed initially by one of the editors and may also be sent out to external reviewers in an “unblinded” fashion, i.e. with the author’s name and other details included. Reviewers remain anonymous to the author(s)."

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Philosophical Quarterly

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Informal Logic

“Papers submitted for publication in Informal Logic must be prepared by the author(s) for blind reviewing: there must be no identifying references in the body of the paper, the notes, or the references. Papers are initially screened blind by the four editors. Those deemed to qualify for consideration for publication are then sent to two external referees who are scholars carefully selected by the editors for their knowledge of the subject-matter of the paper and the field, their record for thoroughness and fairness, and their expressed willingness to review in a timely manner. … The editors normally do not know the identity of the author until after they have made their decision about the disposition of the paper.

“The text, if submitted to a peer-reviewed section (e.g., Articles), has had the authors' names removed. If an author is cited, "Author" and year are used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author's name, paper title, etc. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy

“This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts* (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions.

“Manuscript Style

“Submitted manuscripts must be uploaded in an editable Word format, with the title page as a separate file to facilitate blinded peer-review.

“Title page. The title should be uploaded as a separate file, with the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s), and the full postal and email address of the author to whom proofs, offprints, and other correspondence should be sent.”

 

 

 

 

 

Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Inscriptions

"Inscriptions practices double blind reviews for academic papers."

 

 

 

 

 

Intellectual History Review

“Peer Review Policy:

All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

“All authors of a manuscript should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. Please give the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the manuscript is accepted. Please note that the email address of the corresponding author will normally be displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal style) and the online article.

All persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship must be named in the manuscript as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all co-authors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.”

 

 

 

 

 

InterCultural Philosophy

“10. Only your submission email should contain the following information:

Name of author
Title of paper
Academic affiliation, if any, what capacity (e.g., B.A., M.A., Ph.D. student; Assistant, Associate or full Professor; independent scholar)
Author’s email address (if multiple authors, please provide this information for all of them)

11. Your manuscript should contain the following:

Title of text (anonymous)
100-word abstract
6-10 keywords
Main body of text
Bibliography of texts used (alphabetically arranged by (first) author’s or editor’s surname, without further sub-divisions)”

 

 

 

 

 

inter.culture.philosophy

“Agreements

“2. Preliminarily all submissions will be reviewed double-blind.”

“Text Formatting Details

“1. Please place in front a covering page with the following information:

Title of the Paper

Name of the author

Affiliation

Email address of the author

“2. The next sheet should be the anonymous manuscript with the following structure:

Title of the text (without the author’s name)

Abstract (ca. 100 words)

Actual text

Bibliography”

 

 

 

 

 

Interfere: Journal for Critical Thought and Radical Politics

“In order to enable double-blind reviewing, the first page will be suppressed when the paper is sent to the reviewers. For the same reason, papers should as far as possible be written such that the author(s) cannot be identified from the text.”

 

 

 

 

 

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

“All submissions are peer-reviewed in the usual double-blind manner.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal for the Study of Skepticism

Peer Review Process

The journal is administered by the editors who handle the daily operation and management and the oversight of reviewing. Submissions are first screened by the editors, who evaluate their pertinence and quality. They are then sent to one or two referees who are selected among the members of the Editorial Board or among other recognized specialists. The peer review process is double-blind. On the basis of the evaluation of the referee(s), the editors make a final decision.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Applied Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Badiou Studies

“IJBS adheres to a policy of blind, peer-review. In order to ensure appropriate review, author name(s) should appear only on the title page, references to any author's prior work should be masked, and internal identifications in the text should be avoided.

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

“With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

“All our articles are refereed through a double-blind process.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Dharma Studies

“Title page

“The title page should:

    provide the title of the article

    list the full names, institutional addresses and email addresses for all authors

    indicate the corresponding author

“Please note: as this journal operates double-blind peer review, the title page should be uploaded as part of the covering letter, and not included in the main manuscript file.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

“All submissions are subject to triple anonymous peer review.
“To facilitate our anonymous review process, the author should not be identified in the text of the submission or the title page. Please take particular care with instances of self-citation. Neither should he or she be identifiable from any acknowledgements. Should your paper be accepted, these can be added later in the editing process.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Ethics

“All papers are subject to anonymous peer review.

“To facilitate our anonymous review process, the author should not be identified in the text of the submission or the title page. Neither should he or she be identifiable from any acknowledgements included at the end of the paper or in the footnotes. These can be added later in the editing process, should your paper be accepted.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Game Theory

“Title Page

The title page should include:

    The name(s) of the author(s)

    A concise and informative title

    The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

    The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.”

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Human Rights

“All primary research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and evaluation by at least one anonymous referee.

“All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Logic and Computation

“CSC peer review process is based upon single blind review where reviewer’s name is concealed from the author(s). In order to ensure that only non plagiarized, original and high quality research publications each manuscript is assigned to at least three editors and each editor is assigned not more than two manuscripts. … Each editor further assigns manuscript to multiple reviewers.” Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for Computer Science Journals is a six-page document divided into three sections. The first two consist in consecutive repeats of the following four sentences: “This guideline is used for all journals. These are the manuscript preparation guidelines used as a standard template for all journal submissions. Author must follow these instructions while preparing/modifying these guidelines. This guideline is used for all journals.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Machine Consciousness

“Authors may suggest the appropriate persons to referee their paper. However, the Editors need not necessarily take up the suggestion. Authors may request that their identity be kept unknown to the referee.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Philosophical Studies

“Refereeing is 'double-blind' for all submissions, so authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as ‘File not for review’. Furthermore, the manuscript should not bear any marks that could lead to the identification of the author; i.e. all forms of self-reference should be omitted in the submitted manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Philosophy and Theology [formerly Bljdragen]

“Peer review policy
“Articles in this journal are subject to double blind peer review by at least two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition

“Double-blinded Peer Review

“JPT uses a double-blind peer review system, which means that manuscript author(s) do not know who the reviewers are, and that reviewers do not know the names of the author(s). When you submit your article, you must also submit a separate title page which includes the full title of the manuscript plus the names and complete contact details of all authors. This page will not be accessible to the referees. All other files (manuscript, figures, tables, etc.) should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc. The names of these files and the document properties should also be anonymized.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Social Robotics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Synthetic Emotions

“Manuscripts should be submitted as an email attachment in .doc or .docx format to the Editor-in-Chief of the particular journal to which you are submitting. The main body of the e-mail message should contain the title of the paper and the names and addresses of all authors. Manuscripts must be in English.

“All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Manuscripts should be stripped of identifying information of the author and co-authors.

“A cover page should accompany the manuscript and include all contact information for all manuscript authors (affiliation, postal address, email address, and phone number).”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Technoethics

“Manuscripts should be submitted as an email attachment in .doc or .docx format to the Editor-in-Chief of the particular journal to which you are submitting. The main body of the e-mail message should contain the title of the paper and the names and addresses of all authors. Manuscripts must be in English.

“All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Manuscripts should be stripped of identifying information of the author and co-authors.

“A cover page should accompany the manuscript and include all contact information for all manuscript authors (affiliation, postal address, email address, and phone number).”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of the Asian Philosophical Association

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Unconventional Computing

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Žižek Studies

“Articles - Prospective articles should be in the range of 6,000-8,000 words, prepared for blind review, and accompanied by an abstract of not more than 250 words.

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal on Humanistic Ideology

“All the manuscripts submitted for publication to the Editorial team undergo an anonymous peer review procedure, necessary for assessing the quality of scientific information, the relevance to the field, the appropriateness of scientific writing style, the compliance with the style and technical requirements of our journal, etc.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Philosophical Quarterly

“Electronic submissions are preferred. Submissions should not exceed 10,000 words (including notes) and should be prepared for blind review. Information about the author should be provided in an accompanying note that should also indicate that the paper is not being simultaneously considered elsewhere.”

 

 

 

 

 

International Review of Information Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Studies in Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

“Manuscripts, which have been suitably prepared for blind refereeing, should be sent to the Editor ….

“They should be typed on one side of the paper, double spaced, with ample margins, and bear the title of the contribution and name(s) of the author(s).”

 

 

 

 

 

International Yearbook for Hermeneutics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

IRB: Ethics & Human Research

“Manuscripts are blind reviewed. Author identification should be removed from the text and references. This can be accomplished by referring to your work in the third person, and citing the references in the usual manner (do not delete your name from the references).”

 

 

 

 

 

Iris: European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Irregular F

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Isis

“Manuscripts (one original) should be submitted to the Editor of Isis, …. An electronic copy must also be submitted, as a Word document or equivalent (no PDFs please), either as an email attachment sent to isis@yorku.ca or on a CD included with the hard copy.

“Isis normally uses double-blind refereeing; authors should therefore identify themselves only on a detachable cover sheet.”

 

 

 

 

 

IZVESTIA Ural Federal University Journal

"Each article takes a double blind peer-review. Rejections are considered by the members of Editorial Board, specialized in the respective field and, in the case of controversy, a final decision about the publication is taken by the Editor-in-Chief."

 

 

 

 

 

Iyyun: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly

“All submissions are peer reviewed, following editorial screening, by anonymous referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie

No English language website.

From Philos-L announcement: “Articles will be subject to double-blind peer review. Personal information should only appear on the cover page of the manuscript in order to ensure anonymity. Prior to submitting a manuscript and before the date of October 1st, 2016, authors are invited to send in a working title and rough sketch of their proposed contribution. Subsequently, authors will receive preliminary feedback from the editors, together with further information regarding formatting.”

 

 

 

 

 

Janus Head

“Janus Head uses a peer-review process. Typically, these reviews are "blind," which means the reviewers are not aware of the identity of the authors. However, in the case of special issues, guest editors (who are aware of the identities of the authors) do make final decisions about the acceptance of papers. In the first stage of the review process, the author is notified of the receipt of his or her submission. … Once you receive notice, the work is submitted to two or more reviewers for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Janus Unbound: Journal of Critical Studies

“Submission is performed through emails. Manuscripts submitted to JU will go to the Editor(s) first...then suitable papers are submitted for double-blind peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

JOLMA: The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts

"Every article published by ECF was accepted for publication by no less than two qualified reviewers as a result of a process of anonymous reviewing (double-blind peer review)."

 

 

 

 

 

JMPhil

"Reviewing is double blind."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal for Communication and Culture

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

“Title, author’s name, and full address (including an email-address) are to be supplied on a separate page, so that authors are not identified to reviewers. Each page of the manuscript should be consecutively numbered, including pages of references and captions.“

 

 

 

 

 

Journal for Peace and Justice Studies

“Manuscript submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter containing all contact information and title of the essay. No identifying information may be in the submission itself.

“All manuscripts submitted for publication must be prepared for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

“With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Academic Ethics

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Aesthetic Education

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Ancient Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Animal Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Applied Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Applied Ontology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Applied Philosophy

“In order to facilitate blind refereeing, the author(s)'s name(s) should not be shown on the manuscript, and all identifying references to the author(s)'s own work(s) or affiliations should, if this is feasible, be masked or omitted. The name(s) of the author(s) with the title of the contribution should be included on a separate page, with the full postal address of the author who will check the proofs and receive correspondence and offprints.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education

"Each paper is reviewed by the editor and, if it is judged suitable for this publication, it is then sent to at least one independent referee for double blind peer review."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies

“Due to a constructive double-blind review process, contributors are advised to be patient as they work toward acceptance and publication of their essays.

“Only contributions not under consideration elsewhere will be accepted, and these will be subject to double-blind peer review.  Replies and rejoinders are not usually subject to such review, but they will be evaluated by the editorial board for appropriateness.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Badiou Studies

“Authors should prepare manuscripts for double-blind peer review: please redact or remove any content (e.g., self-references) and document meta-data which may identify the author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Biomimetics in Engineering

“Following a preliminary triage to eliminate submissions unsuitable for Journal of Biomimetics in Engineering, all papers are sent out for review. The covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publication. If your paper should be considered for fast-track publication, please explain why.
“The journal’s policy is to have manuscripts reviewed by two expert reviewers. Journal of Biomimetics in Engineering utilizes a single-blind peer review process in which the reviewer’s name and information is withheld from the author. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, while maintaining rigor. Reviewers make comments to the author and recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief who then makes the final decision.
“As part of the submission process you will be asked to provide the names of 4 peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Recommended reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) the below:
    The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission
    The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors
    Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted
“You will also be asked to nominate peers who you do not wish to review your manuscript (opposed reviewers).
“Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite any recommended/opposed reviewers to assess your manuscript.
“The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the journal. In these cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Buddhist Ethics

“Research articles will be subject to blind peer review by appropriate members of the Editorial Board or external evaluators selected at the editor’s discretion.

“All submissions should be preceded by a header containing the title of the manuscript, the name(s) of the author(s), any affiliations, mail and e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Business Ethics

“The Journal of Business Ethics follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested not to put their name(s) in the manuscript. Self identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Business Ethics Education

“The title page should contain the name, institutional affiliation, postal address, telephone number, fax number, country code, and electronic mailing address of each author. The second page should include the manuscripts title and an abstract that is 150 words or fewer. The manuscript should begin on the third page. All submissions will be double blind reviewed. Apart from the first page, the identity of the author(s) should be completely removed from the abstract and manuscript, and appear only on the title page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Camus Studies

“The Journal of Camus Studies follows a policy of double-blind peer review; please ensure that all author information appears only in the cover sheet document and that the main text of the manuscript contains no identifying marks. … Upon receipt of submission, the Editor may conduct an initial review to determine that the manuscript is suitable for publication in the Journal. The Editor may then decline to pass the manuscript on for review or may pass the submission on to at least two editorial reviewers. At least two reviewers will provide evaluative comments and recommendations for each submission they receive.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Catholic Social Thought

“Unsolicited manuscripts may be submitted to the Journal of Catholic Social Thought, and they are subject to blind review by the Editorial Board.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Causal Inference

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Chinese Philosophy

“The Journal of Chinese Philosophy is a blind peer-reviewed philosophical journal devoted to the study of Chinese Philosophy and Chinese thought in all their phases and stages of development and articulation.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Journal of Clinical Ethics

“PEER REVIEW

“The majority of articles published in The Journal of Clinical Ethics are subject to double-blinded peer review. The manuscripts are reviewed by experts who do not receive remuneration. Some of the reviewers serve as Associate Editors for the journal. The Associate Editors receive a complimentary subscription to the journal, but receive no other compensation.

“Some manuscripts are invited by members of the editorial staff, and, as a result, are not subject to outside blinded peer-review. They are subject to review by an internal editorial board.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Cognition and Culture

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics

“The JCN is a double-anonymous peer-reviewed journal. In order for a manuscript to be considered for publication, the JCN requires the following:

“An electronic copy of the manuscript with the author's name on the title page only and no identifying information of authorship within the manuscript …”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Cognitive Systems Research

“Referees
Please submit the names and institutional e-mail addresses of several potential referees. For more details, visit our Support site. Note that the editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

"Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summary declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind)."

"This journal operates a single blind review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Consciousness Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

“JOCI operates a blind peer review process during which the identities of the author and the reviewers are concealed. Please be sure to remove your name (and the names of any co-authors) from your manuscript text and your file properties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Creative Music Systems

“All submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed. Manuscripts are initially reviewed by the editorial team. Papers which meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review. The editors will make a decision based on reviewers' assessments according to the following options:
“Accept: the manuscript is published unchanged.
“Minor revisions: the manuscript requires minor changes, and will be published once those have been completed satisfactorily.
“Major revisions: the manuscript needs substantial reworking and will thereafter require another round of review.
“Reject: the manuscript is not suitable for publication.
“JCMS is committed to a fast review process. We intend to provide authors with feedback in less than three months from submission, and to publish manuscripts within six months of final acceptance.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Critical Realism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Decolonising Disciplines

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Dharma

No mention of blind review, bad link to information page.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Didactics of Philosophy

“A. Research Articles
“3. Please prepare your article for blind review; do not include any reference to the author.
“Review Process
“1. First Stage: All submitted articles will be considered for publication. The articles are first screened by the editors. Those papers judged by the editors as a) not the meet the standards of scientific method, b) not to link to any topic related to philosophy and its didactics, c) to be of insufficient general interest or d) to be otherwise inappropriate are rejected directly. To save time for authors and peer-reviewers, only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent to the stage of formal peer review.
“2. Second Stage: The article is sent for double-blind review to two reviewers. The reviewers are typically members of the Editorial Board but may be external.
“3. Third Stage: The editors make a decision based on the reviewers' advice.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Dingshan Zen

No website. Philos-L announcement: No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Economic Methodology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Early Modern Studies

“The journal is peer-reviewed, which means that all manuscripts will undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial screening by the editors and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Ethical Urban Living

"The JEUL is an anonymous peer-reviewed journal. In order for a manuscript to be considered for publication, the JEUL requires the following:

"1. Manuscript Please submit a MS Word file with no identifying information of authorship within it.

"2. Abstract and Keywords Please prepare an abstract of approximately 200 words, a list of at least 4 keywords.

"3. Cover Letter Please prepare a cover letter containing contact information, including a mailing and an e-mail address, and a brief biography.

"4. Style Guide Please note that all submissions must comply with the CCN Style Guide."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy

“Please remove your name and other identifying information from the file before you submit. We recommend that before you upload your paper, go to "file" >> "properties" and erase all personal information listed in that window, particularly the author's name.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

“All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice will be reviewed by two experts in the field. The Journal uses single blinded review. The names of the reviewers will thus not be disclosed to the author submitting a paper.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy

“The Journal of French and Francophone Philsophy adheres to a policy of double-blind peer review. … In order to ensure appropriate review, the author name(s) should appear only on the title page, references to any author's prior work should be masked, and internal identifications in the text should be removed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of General Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Global Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Hellenic Studies

“At first submission, typescripts

must not contain any indication of the author’s identity; authors should, wherever possible, refer to their own work in the third person. More extensive and personalized reference to an author’s previous work may be made in the final version”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Human Values

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Indian Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Indian Philosophy & Religion

Website contains no author instructions or submission guidelines, no mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Information Ethics

No submission information supplied at website.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas

“All contributions will be blind-refereed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of International Political Theory

“Journal of International Political Theory operates a strictly anonymous double-blind peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed. Each manuscript submitted to the Journal of International Political Theory first undergoes an internal review by the Editor to determine whether it should be sent out for further external peer review. This step of the review process is designed, in part, to ensure that submissions are an appropriate fit with the journal's particular remit, as well as to ensure that manuscripts meet adequate standards to be sent for external peer review. Each manuscript sent for external peer review is reviewed by at least two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Islamic Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Islamic Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Italian Philosophy

“All submissions will be double-blind reviewed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Japanese Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy

“Double-blinded Peer Review

JJTP uses a double-blind peer review system, which means that manuscript author(s) do not know who the reviewers are, and that reviewers do not know the names of the author(s). When you submit your article via Editorial Manager, you will be asked to submit a separate title page which includes the full title of the manuscript plus the names and complete contact details of all authors. This page will not be accessible to the referees. All other files (manuscript, figures, tables, etc.) should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc. The names of these files and the document properties should also be anonymized.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

“On the cover page, you must state:

1. your address;

2. your telephone number (including work, home, and cellphone numbers), fax number, and email address and your preference for communication;

3. a two-to-three (complete) sentence bio of each author, including the author's present title and institutional/corporate affiliation and any academic degrees and from what institutions they were received (please include full name, city, and state); and

“Any acknowledgments must be stated on the cover page only. If you send the file as an attachment, be sure your email includes contact information in the event we can't open the attachment.

“Peer review: Decisions to accept or reject papers are based on the recommendations received during blind peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies

“The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript, nor in the file name. If the content refers to the author, it should do so covertly. The author should provide her or his name and biographical note in the email to which the manuscript is attached. The full title of the article should be stated in the email and included in the manuscript.

“Each article is subject to editorial screening and at least two anonymous reviews.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Logic and Analysis

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Logic and Computation

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Logic, Language and Information

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Mass Media Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Mathematical Logic

“Manuscripts submitted are first screened by the editors; only those on subject matters within the scope of the Journal are sent to expert referees for evaluation. This two-tier screening process helps to ensure an appropriate focus as well as high scientific quality of the Journal.

 

“(Optional)

Authors are invited to submit the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of up to five potential reviewers. Decision on whether or not the suggested referees are used lies solely with the editors.”

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Media and Communication

“All submissions are double-blind refereed.

“All full articles considered for the main issues of the journal, as well as any special issues, will be sent for double blind peer review by experts in their relevant field.

“Submissions should be attached as a Word document with a separate title page which includes the title of the paper, author’s name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and email address(es).”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Medical Ethics

“JME operates double-blind peer review which requires authors to submit an anonymous version of their manuscript file: To be uploaded as the Manuscript File including abstract)

This file should be anonymous and should NOT include:

Any author names (including file path in document footer)

Author institution details

Author contact details

Acknowledgements

Competing interests (if declared)

Ethics approval statements that refer to your institution

Please ensure tracked changes are switched off if previously used.

“In order that the review process can be as efficient as possible for both authors and reviewers, all manuscripts are initially reviewed by the editors and a decision is made about whether to send the paper for review. Only a proportion of papers (about half) are sent for review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Medical Humanities and Biothics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

“Review process: all manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy are submitted to double-blind peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Military Ethics

“Peer Review Policy

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Mind and Behavior

“Authors requesting blind review must specify and prepare their manuscripts accordingly.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Modern Wisdom

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Moral Education

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Moral Philosophy

“Double-blinded Peer Review

“JMP uses a double-blinded peer review system, which means that manuscript author(s) do not know who the reviewers are, and that reviewers do not know the names of the author(s). When you submit your article via Editorial Manager, you will be asked to submit a separate title page which includes the full title of the manuscript plus the names and complete contact details of all authors. This page will not be accessible to the referees. All other files (manuscript, figures, tables, etc.) should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc. The names of these files and the document properties should also be anonymized.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Moral Theology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Multi-Valued Logic and Soft Computing

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of NeuroPhilosophy

 

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Nietzsche Studies

 

“All manuscripts should be prepared for blind review with all identifying references and notes deleted in their entirety.

“On submission, authors are required to provide an abstract of no more than 150 words, current institutional affiliation, and preferred current email address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the Pacific Association for the Continental Tradition (JPACT)

 

"JPACT asks that all submissions be formatted for anonymous review, with all identifying information removed from the abstract and manuscript. Papers determined to contain identifying information and to be unsuitable for blind review will be returned to the author."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophical Economics

“The Editorial Board first evaluates submissions in-house, deciding whether to send them for blind peer review. If inappropriate, will be rejected at this stage.

If a manuscript passes this first stage, it is sent to peer reviewers, who are selected for a manuscript based on their corresponding area of expertise according to the Editorial Policy.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophical Logic

“Manuscripts should be prepared for blind reviewing: neither the author's name nor the author's affiliation should be included in the manuscript, and references to the author's own work should be phrased in such a way that they do not reveal the identity of the author. Any other identifying information, including acknowledgments, should likewise be removed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophical Research

“All submissions should be prepared for blind review. This means that the author's name and other identifying information should be removed from the text. Please also remove identifying information from other locations, such as under ‘Properties’ section in a Word file.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy

“All submissions must also be formatted for double-blind review.

“We now require that all submissions be made by sending an email to submissions@journalofphilosophy.org with the manuscript file attached in PDF or Word format. Please include your name, contact information, and the title of your paper in your message. All submissions will be acknowledged by email, and all subsequent correspondence regarding the manuscript will be sent via email rather than post.

“Further, manuscripts must be prepared for double-blind refereeing, with any and all revealing references to the author removed, including personal acknowledgments. Any submission that does not adequately conceal the identity of its author will not be read.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy and Scripture

"Articles should be submitted in blind-review format including a cover page with author’s name, institutional affiliation, contact information, and an abstract of no more than 250 words."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy in Schools

“Following initial screening by the journal's Editors, articles will be subject to the normal processes of peer-review for scholarly refereed journals, including blind reviewing by at least two referees drawn from the Editorial Committee (or from other international scholars with special expertise as necessary).

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    “The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    “With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file.

    “For Microsoft 2003 and previous versions, and Macintosh versions of Word:

       Under the File menu select: Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    “For MacIntosh Word 2008 (and future versions)

        Under the File menu select "Properties."

        Under the Summary tab remove all of the identifying information from all of the fields.

        Save the File.

    “For Microsoft 2007 (Windows):

        Click on the office button in the upper-left hand corner of the office application

        Select "Prepare" from the menu options.

        Select "Properties" for the "Prepare" menu options.

        Delete all of the information in the document property fields that appear under the main menu options.

        Save the document and close the document property field section.

    “For Microsoft 2010 (Windows):

        Under the File menu select "Prepare for sharing."

        Click on the "Check for issues" icon.

        click on "inspect document" icon.

        Uncheck all of the checkboxes except "Document Properties and Personal information".

        Run the document inspector, which will then do a search of the document properties and indicated if any document property fields contain any information.

        If the document inspector finds that some of the document properties contain information it will notify you and give you the option to "Remove all," which you will click to remove the document properties and personal information from the document.

    “For PDF files:

        With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy of Disability

"To facilitate anonymous review, author names should not appear in the manuscript and the file should be stripped of all identyfying properties."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy of Education

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy of Emotion

"The JPE's review process involves a double-anonymous, review process, with at least two referees, for every publication, including symposium papers and book reviews."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy of Life

“Manuscripts of papers will be examined by two anonymous referees. Manuscripts for essays and book reviews will be reviewed by the editor(s).”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law

“REVIEW PROCESS

“Submitted manuscripts will undergo double blind peer review in order to determine whether the subject matter fits within the scope of the journal and to assess the quality of the manuscript. The Editor will remove all identifying information from a submitted manuscript before it undergoes review. Some categories of manuscripts, such as solicited book reviews and letters to the editors, may be exempt from the peer review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Political Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Post-Human Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Power

“Details of the author's institutional affiliation, full address and other contact information should be included on a separate cover sheet along with a note on the exact length of the article.

Two copies of each manuscript should be submitted electronically. One with the authors details attached and one anonymous for peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Practical Ethics

“The Journal of Practical Ethics is an invitation only, blind-peer-reviewed journal.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Pragmatics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Praxis in Higher Education

"The manuscript must be anonymized in the interests of blind review. References to the author’s own work should be omitted or formulated in impersonal terms (e.g., do not write “See my article…”; instead, simply write “For an excellent example, see Johansson (2017)”)."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Religious Ethics

“Because the JRE review process is blind — referees are not supposed to know the identity of the author — authors must avoid writing their submissions (including notes) in a way that discloses their identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Scottish Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Semantics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Social Ontology

“Anonymisation: When submitting her/his paper for the first time the author should delete her/his name as well as other indications of her/his identity from the manuscript. This way the anonymity of the review process is guaranteed.

“Contact information: The author needs to provide her/his complete contact information.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Social Philosophy

“The Journal's new editorial process is web-based, with blind review of articles not only by referees but also by the editor, and it will enable a faster response-time for submissions.

“Papers should be submitted electronically by email attachment to [email address].  Please submit an abstract along with the paper, both blinded for peer review. Please include full identifying information within the text of the email.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Sociotechnical Critique

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Somaesthetics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Speculative Philosophy

“Because unsolicited manuscripts submitted for publication undergo a blind review process, the author's name should appear only on the cover page of the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Studies in Logic

“Manuscripts must be prepared for blind review. The author should submit two versions of the papers, with and without author's information respectively. In the blind version, the author's name and affiliation should not appear on the first page as the author. The acknowledgement or references to author's own work should not lead the reader to infer the author's identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Symbolic Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the American Philosophical Association

“One editor (or possibly two co-editors) will work with a team of associate editors, a small group of advisory editors, and a large and highly diverse group of consulting editors. The journal will operate under a governing board including members of the editorial team and of the APA’s board of directors.

“J-APA will use triple-blind review. Reviewers will be assigned by an editor or associate editor with appropriate knowledge of the subfield.”

[From the Interfolio.com announcement:] “Associate editors will be responsible for selecting referees and, in the light of referees’ reports, for evaluating submissions with a view to determining their suitability for the journal. This work will require communication with the editor(s) and others. It is expected that a subset of the associate editors will be represented on the governing board.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology

“All submissions are sent to two referees for blind peer-reviewing.

“As all essays are subject to blind peer review, please delete all personal information from the file (including the properties page) and send these on a separate file and/or cover letter.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the History of Ideas

“Please eliminate all identifying information from your manuscript, in order to facilitate blind peer review. If you must include references to your own work, avoid using the first person in connection with it.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the History of Philosophy

“MANUSCRIPTS should be sent as e-mail attachments in Rich Text Format (RTF) or as MS Word documents to  (until June 30, 2010) jhpeditor@duke.edu or (after July 1, 2010) jhp@mailplus.wisc.edu.

“All direct and indirect references to the author in the manuscript should be removed. (This includes identifying references which appear unbeknownst to many authors in the document’s “Properties” section, which is found under “File” in MS Word.) Submissions not prepared for blind review will be returned for correction.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the Philosophy of Games

“Peer Review Process

“Each submission will be subject to double blind peer review, and for relevant articles we aim to have both traditionally trained philosophers and  games scholars as reviewers.

“Submission Preparation Checklist

”6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

   The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

   With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file.

   For Microsoft 2003 and previous versions, and Macintosh versions of Word:

      Under the File menu select: Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

   For MacIntosh Word 2008 (and future versions)

      Under the File menu select "Properties."

      Under the Summary tab remove all of the identifying information from all of the fields.

      Save the File.

   For Microsoft 2007 (Windows):

      Click on the office button in the upper-left hand corner of the office application

  Select "Prepare" from the menu options.

      Select "Properties" for the "Prepare" menu options.

      Delete all of the information in the document property fields that appear under the main menu options.

      Save the document and close the document property field section.

   For Microsoft 2010 (Windows):

      Under the File menu select "Prepare for sharing."

      Click on the "Check for issues" icon.

      click on "inspect document" icon.

      Uncheck all of the checkboxes except "Document Properties and Personal information".

      Run the document inspector, which will then do a search of the document properties and indicated if any document property fields contain any information.

      If the document inspector finds that some of the document properties contain information it will notify you and give you the option to "Remove all," which you will click to remove the document properties and personal information from the document.

   For PDF files:

      With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the Philosophy of History

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

“JPS uses a double-blind peer review process. Therefore, the author's name and institutional affiliation should not appear on the manuscript, nor should references in the manuscript be presented in a manner that would allow the reader to identify the author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy

“Peer Review Process
“All articles submitted to the Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy are peer-reviewed according to the following procedure: the Editor evaluates them for suitability of content and topic; if acceptable, the article is examined by at least two reviewers in a double-blind process; reviewers send their recommendation to the Editor, who makes all final decisions regarding publication.
“No author information should be included in the manuscript itself. Do not include your name in the title, and if you are referencing your own work, substitute your name with ‘Author’.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Spinoza Studies

“Second step: double-anonymous peer review
Submissions that have passed the first step are sent in a fully anonymized form to two external referees. In consultation with the members of the scientific committee, the editors will try to choose referees who are representative of different philosophical audiences, with at least one referee working in the same philosophical tradition as the author. Referees will not be graduate students and will have a PhD, DPhil, or equivalent.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Theological Studies

“Articles should be submitted by e-mail attachment, preferably in rich text file (.rtf) format. Authors who are not able to submit email attachments should enclose a floppy disc or CD-ROM with their submission.

“To facilitate anonymous refereeing, the author's name and institution should not appear at the head or foot of the article.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

“If your manuscript was mask reviewed, please ensure that the final version for production includes a byline and full author note for typesetting.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Transcendental Philosophy

"Papers will be selected in a double-blind review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Trial and Error

"Double-Blind Review
To ensure blind peer review, please exclude the names of all authors, affiliations, and contact details from the submitted manuscript.
Note: this does not mean removing oneself from citations or not citing oneself.
As well, additional efforts should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other..."

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Value Inquiry

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of World Philosophies

“We adopt a double-blind reviewing policy for articles and survey articles, thereby ensuring the anonymity of the identities of both authors and referees. When submitting an article, please ensure that your full name and address (including e-mail address), institutional affiliation, five to ten keywords, and abstract appear on a separate page. Your name should not appear on any page; references to your own work should not reveal your identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Journal on African Philosophy

“The journal editor(s) make an initial appraisal of each submission. If the topic and treatment seem potentially appropriate for the journal, the manuscript is sent out to 2 reviewers.

“ARC Journals has a ‘double blind’ peer review process. Authors are not told who reviewed their paper and reviewers are not told who wrote the paper. Peer reviewers become aware of the identity of the authors after the article is published.”

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties: etc.”

 

 

 

 

 

Judaica Petropolitana

"All research articles and discussions published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-blind refereeing. The Editors have exclusive responsibility to choose experts to peer-reviewing. The referees are always recognized world experts in the area of the topic. All articles and discussions require at least one distinctly positive reports before publication."

 

 

 

 

 

Kairos Journal of Philosophy & Science

“1. The submitted texts will be refereed by at least two referees. The Editorial Board will communicate the referee's evaluation as soon as possible. The referees and authors identities shall remain anonymous (double blind process).”

 

 

 

 

 

Jus Cogens: A Critical Journal of Philosophy of Law and Politics

No mention of blind review

 

 

 

 

 

Kant Çalısmaları

“Manuscripts accepted for review by the Editorial Board of the journal Kant Çalışmaları are subjected to a double-blind peer-reviewing process.“

 

 

 

 

 

Kant-Studien

“If at all possible, please provide an e-mail address for ease in correspondence.

“Contributions, essays, and articles will be considered without knowledge of the author’s name. They will be anonymously evaluated out of house or by the editors, who will then decide whether the submission is suitable for possible publication. Reviews will be evaluated by the editorial office. This includes requested reviews as well. “

 

 

 

 

 

Kant Studies Online

“The manuscript file should not bear your name because all articles submitted will be double blind peer-reviewed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Kant Yearbook

“The Editorial Board of the Kant Yearbook is composed of renowned international experts, and selects papers for publication through a double blind peer review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Kantian Review

No website available.

From back cover:

“The article file should be ready for blind review and must bear no trace of the author’s identity. The author’s details (name, affiliation, email address and postal address) should be supplied either in the email or in a separate file.

“A biographical note of around 75 words giving the author’s name, affiliation, principal publications, etc. should also be supplied, on a separate cover sheet.”

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge Cultures

“Anonymity

We do not release reviewers’ identities to authors or to other reviewers, except when reviewers specifically ask to be identified. Unless they feel strongly, however, we prefer that reviewers should remain anonymous throughout the review process and beyond. Before revealing their identities, reviewers should consider the possibility that they may be asked to comment on the criticisms of other reviewers and on further revisions of the manuscript; identified reviewers may find it more difficult to be objective in such circumstances. We ask reviewers not to identify themselves to authors without the editor's knowledge. If they wish to reveal their identities while the manuscript is under consideration, this should be done via the editor, or if this is not practicable, we ask authors to inform the editor as soon as possible after the reviewer has revealed his or her identity to the author. We deplore any attempt by authors to confront reviewers or determine their identities. Our own policy is to neither confirm nor deny any speculation about reviewers' identities, and we encourage reviewers to adopt a similar policy.

“Double blind peer review

All papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anonymous double-blind peer review. All material submitted to our journal will be reviewed by the Editorial team. Papers may be rejected without full peer review, remaining papers will be sent for external peer review. Our journal operates a double-blind peer review process and aims to provide rapid peer review with papers receiving a first decision within an average of 30 days.”

 

 

 

 

 

Krisis

“Articles that are considered suitable for the journal by the editorial board are double-blind peer reviewed. Other contributions submitted for publication are reviewed by the editors.”

 

 

 

 

 

Kriterion

"Submissions are reviewed in double-blind peer review mode."
"The manuscript has been prepared for double-blind peer review and does not contain any author or affiliation information."
"To guarantee a double-blind peer review procedure, papers should not contain any author or affiliation information."

 

 

 

 

 

Kritika & Kontext

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Kritike

“KRITIKE is a refereed journal, so make sure that your text is prepared for blind review, meaning your name and institutional affiliation should not appear in the body of your paper. Please include a short abstract (200 words or less) of your paper.”

 

 

 

 

 

Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy

“KRITIKE is a refereed journal, so make sure that your text is prepared for blind review, meaning your name and institutional affiliation should not appear in the body of your paper.”

 

 

 

 

 

Kritikos

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Kvinder, Køn og Forskning (Women, Gender & Research)

"We would like to stress the fact that referee statements are anonymous. The identity of the referee is unknown to the author of the article, and the referee statement stays between referee and editorial staff."

 

 

 

 

 

Laboratorium Mentis

“The editorial team employs a double-blind peer review model. Therefore, in the file of the article (including its metadata), we do not include information that directly reveals the identity of the author. The author's name, academic degree, affiliation details (university, institute), email address, ORCID identifier, and a brief biography (not exceeding 500 characters, including spaces) should be placed in a separate document titled 'Author Personal Data.”

 

 

 

 

 

Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics

“Labyrinth utilises the policy of double blind peer-review. In a first step or first screening -- specially if the auhor is unknown or/and does not submit an invited paper -- the manuscript will be carefully considered by the editors in view of the journal's topics, style, and guidelines. If it fits the cfp, topics, style, the guidelines, and in some cases also the special requirements of the issue, the manuscript will be blind reviewed by two qualified specialists and the author will recieve a feedback within two months.”

 

 

 

 

 

Language & Communication

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Language Sciences

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Language Under Discussion

[Guidelines for Contributors:] “Contributions to Language Under Discussion should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to editors@ludjournal.org. Please clearly indicate the type of contribution (focus article, discussion, roundtable issue, or discussion note – in which case please also indicate the issue number for which it is intended), the name(s), affiliation(s), and contact details of the author(s), and attach an abstract (up to 200 words or up to 100 words for discussion notes) and a list of no more than five keywords or tags. The manuscript itself should be prepared for blind review and paginated.

” An important feature of the review process in LUD is that an initial decision to reject a contribution is not yet a final verdict. We believe that a good peer review process should look more like a dialogue than like a monologue, and that authors of rejected papers have the right to defend their work against criticism in the review process. If the author(s) of a rejected contribution can convince the editors that the arguments for rejecting the paper are misguided or flawed, or that the critique voiced against the paper more properly belongs to the post-publication discussion stage, we will be glad to publish a suitably revised version of the paper. That said, if the editors remain unconvinced, they will make the final decision to reject.

[Guidelines for Reviewers:] “As an anonymous referee, you are in many respects placed in a position of power over the author(s) of the submission you are reviewing. Please be mindful of the human aspect of this position, especially as regards the language and style you are using in passing your judgment.”

 

 

 

 

 

Las Torres de Lucca: International Journal of Political Philosophy

“Prior editorial review is made to all submissions. Submissions may be returned to authors who: 1.º Not satisfy the requirement of originality and unpublished character of the articles; 2.° Do not refer to the field of the magazine; 3º exceed the extent established for the type of collaboration; 4º do not meet formal requirements as directed; 5º do no not send the work in the required support.
“All submissions that have the approval of the Editorial Board will be refereed by external reviewers. The arbitration shall be conducted by double-blind peer review.
“Author Guidelines
“The attached file must be anonymous. Identity data are to be completed only on the form.”

 

 

 

 

 

Lato Sensu, Revue de la Société de philosophie des sciences

“Peer Review Process

All submissions will be screened by the editors and evaluated (double-blind) by at least two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Law & Ethics of Human Rights

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Law and Philosophy

“Law and Philosophy follows a double−blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self−identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Law, Ethics and Philosophy

At website: “First submissions should not contain acknowledgements or any information that could identify the author to reviewers.”

In Philos-L announcement: “All published submissions will be subject to double blind review …”

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Theory

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Leibniz Review

By invitation only. No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Levinas Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Lexicon Philosophicum: International Journal for the History of Texts and Ideas

“Peer Review Process

“Lexicon Philosophicum is a double-blind peer reviewed journal.

“The 2011 and 2012 issues are part of the European projectJournal Homepage Image AgoraScholarly Open Access Research in European Philosophy (2011-2013). Author who wish to submit a manuscript to the journal, as part of the editorial process, agree to participate in the experiment evaluation. The goal of the experiment is to enhance and determine standards for peer review in the humanities and social science in the field of open collaborative peer review.

“The Peer Review process consists into three main stages:

    General eligibility and quality check by the editors. The editorial procedures will be designed to follow best practice concerning excellence, impartiality, transparency, purposefulness, efficiency, confidentiality and integrity (cf. European Peer Review Guide, pp.12-16).

    Double-blind peer review stage, in which the identity of the reviewers and the authors is kept confidential from each other.

    One-month of open-review, during which registered users of the journal platform will be enabled to comment on and to discuss the selected and peer reviewed papers. Authors will be able to use these comments and discussions to revise their final submission for publication.

Lexicon Philosophicum follows the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Libertarian Papers

“After an initial inspection by the editors, manuscripts will be submitted to a double-blind peer review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Life Sciences, Society and Policy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Limite. Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy and Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations

“All papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anonymous doubleblind peer review. All material submitted to our journal will be reviewed by the Editorial team. Papers may be rejected without full peer review, remaining papers will be sent for external peer review. Our journal operates a double-blind peer review process and aims to provide rapid peer review with papers receiving a first decision within an average of 30 days. Authors may be requested to produce the data on which their manuscript is based (or associated documents, e.g. ethical approval letter) by the Editor(s) or their assignee for examination. All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents.”

 

 

 

 

 

Linguistics and Philosophy

“A double blind peer review procedure (where the identity of the author is not revealed) is observed when the author requests. An author need merely remove any identifying information in order for this procedure to be followed. If an author wishes to identify themselves, only a single bind [sic] procedure is used.”

 

 

 

 

 

Locke Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Logic and Logical Philosophy

“All papers submitted to Logic and Logical Philosophy will be reviewed by two anonymous reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Logic and Philosophy of Science

“All papers must be prepared for blind review and will be evaluated by anonymous referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Logic Journal of the IGPL

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Logica Universalis

“The manuscript should be written in LATEX. It must include a title, the author’s name(s), an abstract, and the keywords. The 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification codes should be added, if applicable. Pictures should not be in color, their resolution should be at least 300 dpi, and all used fonts must be embedded.

All authors should give their complete addresses along with an e-mail address, if applicable.” No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Logica Yearbook

“[Symposia Paper] Submission guidelines:

“Contributions devoted to any of the wide range of logical problems are welcome except those focused on specialized technical applications. Particularly welcome are contributions that cover issues interesting both for 'philosophically' and for 'mathematically' oriented logicians.

“A two-page abstract in pdf format prepared for a blind reviewing should be submitted via EasyChair by February 15.”

 

 

 

 

 

Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy

“Preparation for blind refereeing

“All papers (but not the reviews) have to be prepared for peer-review double blind refereeing. Please delete all references that could identify you as the author. (In case you are submitting a Word file do not forget to remove all respective information from the file’s properties). We aim to receive the reports of two referees within a period of three months.”

 

 

 

 

 

Logoi.ph

“The submitted papers must respect the following guidelines:
“1) the first attachment should present the paper anonymously, without any information which identifies the author;
    in .doc format (no pdf, .odt, .rtf, et alia);
    max. 50.000 characters in length, with an English abstract of max. 100 words, and five keywords;
“2) the second attachment should specify author’s name, curriculum vitae, email, telephone number.
“The process of peer-review will take place as follows:
    the files containing the anonymously proposed articles will be received by the editors at the e-mail address info@logoi.ph;
    A preliminary review will be made, based on the general criteria of relevance of the topic, coherence and clearness of the article. At this stage, a member of the editorial boarder decides whether the submitted manuscript should be sent to referees or not.
    If the manuscript will be accepted, two expert reviewers (chosen by the editorial board) read the manuscript and give their clear opinions.
    Reviewers may allow the author to improve the quality of the manuscript, with graphical, editorial changes and, if necessary, even in part changes of content.
    The editorial boarder will contact the authors informing them about the result of the submission (accepted/not accepted) with the synthetic opinion of the reviewers
    Elements for the review process are:
a) anonymous format (i.e., with no indication of the author’s name and self-references); etc.
“The names of the referees will be periodically published on the section ‘about us’.”

 

 

 

 

 

λogoi

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Logos & Episteme

“[A]ll articles, with the exception of articles from the invited contributors, will be subject to a strict blind-review process. Therefore the authors should avoid in their manuscripts any mention to their previous work or use an impersonal or neutral form when referring to it.”

 

 

 

 

 

Lokāyata: Journal of Positive Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

London Journal of Critical Thought

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Lonergan Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Lyceum

“Papers, prepared for blind review, may be submitted via email attachment to lyceumphilosophy@gmail.com. Please submit a separate cover letter with your contact information and academic affiliation, if any.”

 

 

 

 

 

Manuscrito

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Marcel Studies

“All articles should be prepared for blind review … Blind Review: All identifying information should be removed from the essay and sent in a separate document that contains the author’s name, email, phone number, and Institutional affiliation.”

 

 

 

 

 

Mathematical Logic Quarterly

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

“Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy follows a double−blind reviewing procedure. Each submitted manuscript will be reviewed by two anonymous peer rewiewers. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self−identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Medieval Philosophy and Theology

“Manuscripts must be prepared for blind review:

    The author's name and institutional affiliation must not appear, so described, in the manuscript.

    References to the author's own work must be cast in such a way that they do not reveal the author's identity. (We recommend simply replacing the entire reference, including title and facts of publication, with an expression such as Author's article, Author's book, Author's book 2, etc.)

    Acknowledgements that could allow a reader to deduce the author's identity must be removed for the initial review.

    Any prefatory or explanatory remarks intended for the editors or readers must also be given anonymously, not in the cover letter.”

 

 

 

 

 

Meinong Studies

No description of editorial policies or instructions for authors at website.

 

 

 

 

 

Meta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy

“Papers are refereed by two anonymous reviewers. … All submissions should be prepared for blind reviewing: authors should remove all information that could reveal their identity and provide their name and contact information on a separate page.

“Texts should be prepared for blind reviewing. Authors should write their name, position, affiliation, and contact information (including e-mail address) on a separate page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Metaphilosophy

“Manuscripts and other communications to the editors should be sent via e-mail or regular mail to:

Metaphilosophy

“Manuscripts should be prepared for blind submission.”

 

 

 

 

 

Metaphysica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Metaphysics

"The journal operates a double-blind peer review process, meaning that authors and reviewers remain anonymous for the review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Metascience

By invitation only. No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Metatheoria: Journal of Philosophy and History of Science

“Manuscripts are peer reviewed in a double-blind review process.

”Page 1 should contain the article title (small letter, bold and centred), the names and affiliations of all authors, their postal addresses and emails. Acknowledgements should also be mentioned in this page, as a footnote (* from the article title). Funding agencies should be named completely.

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Methode – Analytic Perspectives

“The acceptance of contributions is the result of an anonymous evaluation process (typically, the well-known double-blind peer review process). Every article that is submitted for publication is first evaluated by the Editorial Team and further forwarded to three anonymous reviewers, chosen on the basis of the subject of the article.”

 

 

 

 

 

Methodos

"Review process: double blind peer review"

 

 

 

 

 

Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

“The text should be prepared for anonymous refereeing, with revealing acknowledgements and self-identifying references removed.

“Please send a separated Title Page that should include:

The name(s) of the author(s)

A concise and informative title

The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Midwest Studies in Philosophy

By invitation only. No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Mind

“MIND employs a system of ‘triple blind review’: the referees and editors do not know the identity of the authors, and authors do not know the identity of the referees.

“New submissions are sent by the Editorial Administrator to a member of the editorial team who makes an initial assessment about its suitability.”

 

 

 

 

 

Mind & Language

“A submitted paper will usually be sent to two referees who will be asked to comment on both its intrinsic quality and its accessibility to the interdisciplinary readership of Mind & Language. Authors may request that their name be withheld from referees, in which case it is the responsibility of the author to prepare the manuscript in such a way that after detachment of the title page there remains no indication of authorship.”

 

 

 

 

 

Minds and Machines

“Double-blind peer review

“This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Mind and Matter

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Mind and Society

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit two versions of their manuscript:

    The full version including all author names and affiliations.

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank.”

 

 

 

 

 

Minerva

“Manuscripts should be anonymised for blind refereeing, and contributors are asked to number all pages. Submissions are judged exclusively on their philosophical merits.

“Please include:

“The proposed Title of the Paper.

“The Author's name, qualifications and affiliations (if any).

“The Author's full postal and email addresses.

“An Abstract of 100-300 words.”

 

 

 

 

 

MISES: Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Law and Economics

"All research articles in this journal undergo a rigorous peer review (double blind review), based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees."

 

 

 

 

Modern Intellectual History

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Monist

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Moral Philosophy and Politics

"MOPP uses a double-blind refereeing process. The identity of the author(s) of a submission is not known to the referees, nor vice versa.

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple-Valued Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that converge at the nanoscale

“NanoEthics employs a double blind reviewing procedure. Authors are asked to anonymize their articles before submitting them (including removing their name from the head of the article and removing all self-identifying citations and references).

“A separate sheet should contain the following information:

- running head (shortened title)

- title

- author(s)

- affiliation(s)

- full address for correspondence, including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly

“Our review process is “blind”: reviewers are not told the identity of the author. When you submit materials for publication, it is important not to indicate your identity in any way in

the body of the text.”

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Language Semantics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy

No English language option at website. From the Philos-L announcement: “The Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy (NJLP) (formerly known as Rechtsfilosofie & Rechtstheorie) is an international, double-blind peer reviewed journal which aims to encourage the study of legal philosophy, legal theory and the foundations of the legal sciences.”

 

 

 

 

 

Neuroethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The New Bioethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

New Blackfriars

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

New Nietzsche Studies

“No identification of author should occur in the text or notes as all submissions may be subject to anonymous peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

The New Year Book for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Newman Studies Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Nigerian Journal of Philosophy

No website, no mention of blind review in Philos-L announcement.

 

 

 

 

 

Noctua

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Nóema

"The contributions proposed to the Journal will be submitted to blind review process and possibly accepted on the basis of their compliance with the topic proposed in the CFP and with the editorial line of the journal."

 

 

 

 

 

Nordic Journal of Aesthetics

“All submissions that are not invited will be subjected to blind review. The author’s name should therefore not appear on manuscripts and any reference to the author’s previous work should be in the third person.”

 

 

 

 

 

Nordic Journal of Philosophical Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Nordic Wittgenstein Review

“Submission Preparation Checklist

“All author identification information has been removed from the submission file(s), as well as from the document’s properties. No versions of the paper are available online. (Any risk of breach of the blind review should be avoided;…)

“Peer Review Process

“The journal implements a double-blind peer review process. The editorial procedures will be designed to follow best practice concerning excellence, impartiality, transparency, purposefulness, efficiency, confidentiality and integrity (cf. European Peer Review Guide).

“The eligible articles will then be submitted to double-blind review, in which the identities of the reviewers and the authors are kept confidential from each other. Each article will be read by the editors and then, in cooperation with the editor-in-chief, assigned to two or more reviewers.

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“1. The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“2. With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

“3. With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Plains Ethics Journal

“Manuscripts should be double-spaced and prepared for blind-review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic

“The NDJFL uses blind (math) and double-blind (philosophy) review. Papers should be in a form that facilitates this process (displays/does not display author name). You may be asked to reload your manuscript if the editors deem it necessary to have your name added or deleted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Noûs

“In order that manuscripts may be read in ignorance of authorship, we request that names of authors and their institutional affiliations not appear on manuscripts.”

 

 

 

 

 

NTU Philosophical Review

“All submitted papers will be sent anonymously to two experts for evaluation.

“8. Submissions should be complete with the following information both in Chinese and English: title, abstract (no more than 500 words), and keywords (no more than five). Papers must follow the National Taiwan University Philosophical Review Style sheet.

“9. Please also provide the following information on a separate sheet of paper: name, institution, and position, contact address, email address, and telephone or fax number.”

 

 

 

 

 

Nursing Ethics

“Nursing Ethics adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of reviewers and authors are concealed from both parties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Nursing Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Odradek: Studies in Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics and New Media Theories

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

On Education: Journal for Research and Debate

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Open Ethics Journal

“Bentham Science follows the single blind peer-review procedure for submissions of all manuscripts to its journals. Single blind is the most common type of peer-reviewing in which the identity of the reviewers is not disclosed to the authors of the submitted manuscript concerned. The anonymity of reviewers allows for objective assessment of the manuscript by reviewers and also free from any influence by the authors on the reviewers comments.”

 

 

 

 

 

Open Information Science

“Peer Review process
"The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. The journal uses double-blind peer review model. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.”

 

 

 

 

 

Open Journal of Philosophy

“Authors are invited to provide the names of three well qualified reviewers. Current e-mail addresses must be provided for all suggested reviewers.

“Submitted manuscripts adhering to journal guidelines are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief or an Editor, who will assign them to reviewers. The Editorial Board prepares a decision letter according to the comments of the reviewers, which is sent to the corresponding author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Open Philosophy

"The journal uses double-blind peer review model."

 

 

 

 

 

Open Theology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oraxiom: A Journal of Non-Philosophy

"Upon acceptance of material and having checked that our guidelines are followed, the editors will then send the material to be double-blind refereed. On the basis of the advice provided by the referees, the editors will decide whether the material is appropriate for Oraxiom. In the instance of it successfully passing double-blind refereeing, we will then work with the contributor to see the material to its final publication."

 

 

 

 

 

The ORGANON

“Unless commissioned, papers submitted to the ORGANON are sent to referees for a double-blind peer review. Accordingly, personal data, institutional affiliations, or details indicative of author’s identity should be removed from the submitted version.”

 

 

 

 

 

Organon F International Journal of Analytic Philosophy

“A submitted paper will be usually sent to two referees. Therefore, manuscripts should be prepared for blind reviewing. Authors are asked to include their full name, academic affiliation and full address for correspondence, including e-mail address, in a detachable first page of their manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Overheard in Seville: The Bulletin of the George Santayana Society

“Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review. Identifying information should not appear in running heads, footnotes, references, or anywhere in the manuscript. Identifying information in footnotes or reference may be replaced with blanks or dashes.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Owl of Minerva

“The manuscript must be submitted in a form appropriate for blind review. The author's name should appear only on a separate title page. The body of the manuscript must contain nothing that reveals the author's identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Journal of Law and Religion

“OJLR uses a blind submission process. In order to ensure an impartial review of your submission, please do not identify yourself in your manuscript. You will be required to submit an anonymous main document and a separate title page with acknowledgments (including all sources of funding and support, and substantive contributions of individuals), and co-author names, to allow blinded review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Studies in Epistemology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Studies in Metaethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Studies in Metaphysics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

 

“All manuscripts should be submitted to the managing editor by e-mail: ppq@dornsife.usc.edu , according to the following instructions: The submission e-mail should have the subject "NEW SUBMISSION: [name of article]". Make sure the body of the e-mail includes the author's name, institutional affiliation(e.g. School of Philosophy, USC), the department's full address (e.g. 3709 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA, 90089), as well as the title of the submission, and a brief abstract (approx. 150 words). The manuscript itself, prepared for blind review, should be sent as a PDF or word document attachment to the e-mail submission.”

 

 

 

 

 

Paideia

“One copy must be completely anonymus, whereas should the author's contact be indicated in the second one. Morevorer, a cover letter and the author's cv are required.”

 

 

 

 

 

Palgrave Communications

“Referee suggestions

“Authors are welcome to suggest suitable independent referees when they submit their manuscripts, but these suggestions may not be used by Palgrave Communications. Authors may also request that Palgrave Communications excludes a few (usually not more than two) individuals. Palgrave Communications sympathetically considers such exclusion requests and usually honours them, but our decision is final.

“Anonymised manuscript files

“Manuscript files should not include any information that can identify the authors. All relevant author information should be entered into the submission system and cover letter as appropriate.

“The review process

“To save authors and referees time, only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review. Those papers judged to be of insufficient interest to the field, or otherwise inappropriate, are rejected promptly without external formal review (although these decisions may be based on informal advice from the Editorial Board).

“Anonymity

“We do not release referees' identities to authors or to other referees, except when referees specifically ask to be identified. Unless they feel strongly, however, we prefer that referees should remain anonymous throughout the review process and beyond. We ask referees not to identify themselves to authors without our knowledge.

“We deplore any attempt by authors to confront referees or determine their identities. Our own policy is to neither confirm nor deny any speculation about referees' identities, and we encourage referees to consider adopting a similar policy.”

 

 

 

 

 

Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy

“All pieces published in the essay section of PARRHESIA are double blind peer-reviewed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Passions in Context

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Philosophy

“Performance Philosophy operates a system of double-blind peer review. Every article that is accepted for consideration will be evaluated by two external referees, selected by the Editors based on their areas of expertise. The Editors will make the final decision about publication or assess the need for further revision.
“Peer review: Publication in [Margins] will consist in a combination of commissioned pieces and open submission. … All open submissions, including invitations to submit work, will be reviewed by the [Margins] editor(s) and one or two further editors as necessary to determine suitability for publication.
“If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.” This link leads to a pop-up Table of Contents.

 

 

 

 

 

Perspectives International Journal of Philosophy

From e-mail Announcement: “Please submit two versions of your article, one version prepared for blind review.”

Website Instructions for Authors makes no mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Perspectives: International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Perspectives on Science

“Attach a title page that presents the title of the manuscript and the name and affiliation of the author. The title page is numbered page 1. All pages should be fully integrated (e.g., a page inserted between page 7 and 8 cannot be numbered 7A; it must be numbered 8 and the remaining pages renumbered). The remainder of the manuscript should be prepared for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

PhaenEx

“Submission Preparation Checklist

“As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

    All references that explicitly reveal the identity of the author have been removed from the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Phanes

"As submissions are blind reviewed, the author’s name, institutional affiliation, word count and the title of the paper should be included on a separate title page."

 

 

 

 

 

PHASIS

"The journal follows a double-blind peer review process, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the review process. "

 

 

 

 

 

Phenomenological Reviews

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Phenomenology and Mind

“Submissions are subject to double blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philo

“MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:  Submissions should be prepared for blind review. The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript, and self-identifying citations should be avoided.

“ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Manuscripts must be submitted by email. Include “PHILO” in the subject line of the message. The text of the message should include the author’s complete contact information, including surface mail address, email address, and daytime phone number. The paper and abstract should be attached to the message and saved as a Microsoft Word file.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosofict

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Philosopher

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophers' Imprint

“Submissions to the Imprint are refereed anonymously and selected for publication on the basis of their estimated long-term significance.

“The Editors select for publication only those submissions which are judged to be of lasting value, on the basis of a blind refereeing process.

“Prepare your paper for blind refereeing by removing personal references. Save the paper in PDF format, ensuring that personal references have not been automatically added in a "Properties" or "Summary" field.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Philosophers' Magazine

Blog. No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia

“Double-blind review procedure

The journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted. Authors are responsible for reinserting self-identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission.”

 

 

 

 

 

philoSOPHIA

No mention of blind review, no website.

Philos-L advertisement: “>The editors invite submissions from scholars who work at the intellectual and philosophical intersections of continental philosophy and feminist theory in the hope of opening a wider dialogue around a diverse array of questions concerning sexual difference, sexuate identity, women writing and being written about in philosophy, and the interrogation of canonical texts.

“Please direct editorial questions to [the editors].”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia Africana

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia Christi

“SUBMISSION METHOD: Contributors should send a blind-review ready paper, saved as a Microsoft Word version or as an .rtf file, through our online submission form

“The author’s name should appear only on a removable cover sheet.

“On this cover sheet, please include your basic contact information (e.g., mail and e-mail address, phone number, and personal or faculty website address).

“Please also indicate your professional credentials.

“We welcome copies of your CV!”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia Mathematica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia Naturalis

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia Reformata

“Ideally, manuscripts must be prepared for blind review. The author’s name should appear only on a separate cover letter or e-mail, and any references to the author’s work must be made in the third person. (Please also be aware that identifying information can lurk in the Properties of a Microsoft Word file, or in other metadata.)”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophia Scientiae?

“Peer-review process

“Each submission is handled in tandem by the managing editor and a subject-specific editor, who monitor the entire peer-review process.

“The anonymized manuscript is sent for review to two referees, selected among the members of the editorial board, the associate editors, external experts. The referees' reports are reviewed by the subject-specific editor, who recommends acceptance, acceptance with minor changes, revision and resubmission, or rejection. Based on these reports, the editor-in-chief, the managing editor, and the subject-specific editor jointly decide what action to take.

”Articles accepted by the Editors, after anonymous refereeing by at least two experts, shall be published provided that the authors respect the conventions specified below.

”2 Preparation and structure of articles

a) First/cover page

Supply the title of the article followed by:

Author’s surname, first and other names, followed by the author’s institutional or academic affiliation(s).

“Addresses of the authors

Authors should provide their Institutional postal address (to be published at the end of the volume) Private postal address (for the contract) e-mail address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophic Exchange

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophica

“Since each issue is devoted to one topic, we do not accept spontaneously submitted papers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophica Critica

“All papers are reviewed by independent reviewers. Based on the reviews the editorial board makes decision about accepting or refusing the paper.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Explorations

“Peer Review Policy:

“All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous double blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees.

“Preparing papers for blind review

Please make sure that your submission is carefully prepared for blind review, i.e. that there are no references to yourself or to your work in your paper. This includes removing references to earlier work (these can be added later). In case of a revision or resubmission: make sure your response to the referees is also blinded.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Philosophical Forum

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Inquiries

From Philos-L post: “Needless to say, the submission system in use on this website and thus the double-blind peer-review process do not apply to the present first issue of the journal …”

From website & PDF: “All papers considered appropriate for the journal are reviewed anonymously by two (sometimes three) reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Inquiry

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Investigations

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Issues

By invitation only.

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence (PJCV)

“The PJCV is double blind peer reviewed and published bi-annually in May and December.

“In case of non-conference publications, manuscripts go through a different reviewing process. Once a submission is received, it is initially evaluated by the series editor to whom it belongs. The series editor will give his/her answer for acceptance or rejection within one month (if the submission is rejected however, we will do our best to send it to the author(s) earlier). In order to make the decision, the series editor may send the manuscript for parallel approval to an external reviewer specialized in the subject of manuscript. When the submission is accepted and the first version of the manuscript is received, it is sent to the assigned reviewers. Reviewers are asked to sign their reports and declare any competing interests on any manuscripts we send them. Reviewers then advise their editor, who makes the final decision on the form of the publication.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical News

“[T]he editors solicit specific contributions focused on the current philosophical debate, of either theoretical or historic character.

“Beyond including articles and reviews, the issues will invite interviews as well.” No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Papers

“Articles prepared for blind review will be blind reviewed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Perspectives

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Practice

“All contributions will be anonymously reviewed, either by members of the Editorial Boards or by panels of ad hoc Reviewers drawn from practitioners, researchers, academics or others who have made significant contributions to the

field. Decisions regarding publication will be made by the Editors with advice from the Editorial Boards or Reviewers, with feedback provided to authors on decisions taken.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Psychology

“Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as ‘File not for review’.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Philosophical Quarterly

“4. Articles must be submitted in a form suitable for blind refereeing; personal acknowledgements should be removed. PDF submissions should include the author's details in a separate document.

“5. When submitting papers, authors should specify whether they are male or female or else explicitly state that they prefer not to supply this information. Information on gender is collected for statistical purposes only and the editors will not be made aware of an author's gender until a final decision about publication has been made. Referees are not provided with any information about authors at any stage.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Philosophical Review

“Send articles by e-mail to phil-review@cornell.edu. In the e-mail, include the title of the article, the author's name and postal address, and the author's institutional affiliation.

“Neither the author's name nor the author's affiliation should be included in the manuscript, and any acknowledgments should be removed. References to the author's own work should not reveal the author's identity. Any prefatory or explanatory remarks intended for the editors or readers must be given anonymously, not in the cover letter.

“The Philosophical Review practices a system of triple-blind review (with some qualifications; see below). Manuscript readers are not aware of the identity of a manuscript’s author, and the editors are not informed of the author’s identity until they have reached a decision on the manuscript.

“When it comes to resubmissions, the following should be noted. Since an author’s identity is revealed to the editors after a verdict has been reached, the editors will know the identity of the author in the case of a resubmission. Moreover, while the editors will typically aim to send the resubmitted manuscript to the same referee(s) who originally read the paper, there are exceptions to this general rule.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Studies in Education

“Papers received on or before December 1 will be considered for publication by an editorial review board, consisting of the Editor and Contributing Editor of Philosophical Studies in Education and the Program Committee of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, and will make final decisions based on double-blind review about articles to be included in the journal.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Topics

By invitation only. No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophical Writings

“Submission Requirements

    The name and address of the author should NOT appear on the essay.

    A cover sheet should be included with the author's name & contact details.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy

All submissions are triple-blind refereed: the identity of the authors is not revealed to the referees, the identity of the referees is not revealed to the authors, and the identity of the authors is not revealed to the editors. Each submissions is reviewed by two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophies

“Editorial Procedures and Peer-Review

Initial Checks

“All submitted manuscripts received by the Editorial Office will be checked by a professional in-house Managing Editor to determine whether it is properly prepared and whether the manuscript follows the ethical policies of the journal. Manuscripts that do not fit the journals ethical policy will be rejected before peer-review. Manuscripts that are not properly prepared will be returned to the authors for revision and resubmission. After these checks, the Managing Editor will consult the journals’ Editor-in-Chief or the Guest Editor (or an Editorial Board member in case of a conflict of interest) to determine whether the manuscript fits the scope of the journal and whether it is scientifically sound. No judgment on the significance or potential impact of the work will be made at this stage. Reject decisions at this stage will be verified by the Editor-in-Chief.

Peer-Review

“Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review. A single-blind review is applied, where authors' identities are known to reviewers. Peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy

"Papers are triple-blind peer-reviewed and we aim to give authors a decision within two months of submission."

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy. Journal of the Higher School of Economics

"The materials that are accepted for further consideration are sent to two anonymous reviewers. Generally, one of them is a member of editorial board and the other is outside expert in this field. The reviewing process is double blind, which means that neither author(s) nor reviewers know personal details of each other."

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Geography

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Literature

No mention of blind review; recommended style sheet inaccessible.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Progress

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Public Affairs

“To facilitate blind review, please remove author-identifying information from the text and notes and provide it in a separate file or document.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Public Issues

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly

“The Quarterly has a double-anonymous review process.  Please ensure that your submission does not identify you as the author.

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“1. The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“2. With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

3.”With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Rhetoric

“The author’s name and any other indications of author identity should be removed from the manuscript prior to submission. … Authors are requested to provide E-mail addresses and indicate institutional affiliation or independent scholar.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy & Social Criticism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Society [Filozofija i društvo]

“FID is a peer-reviewed journal, and Authors are obliged to participate in our double blind peer review process.

“SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All submissions to Filozofija i društvo must conform to the following rules …
4. AFFILIATION
Full affiliation of the author, department, faculty, university, institute, etc. …

“3. PEER REVIEW AND REVIEWERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
Both the Reviewer (Referee) and the Author remain anonymous throughout the ‘double blind’ review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy & Technology

“All submissions are subjected to double-blind peer review, the average peer review time is 3 months.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy & the Mind Sciences

"Please prepare your submission for blind review."

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy and Theology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy & Theory in Biology

“The title page must include keywords and a short abstract (~150-300 words), but no identifying information about the authors must be present anywhere in the manuscript, since we use a double blind review process. This also means that self-citations throughout the manuscript have to be in the third person or, if appropriate, removed with the note 'suppressed for review.'”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy Compass

“Submission Checklist

Please submit, in Microsoft Word (.doc) format:

  • An anonymous version of your article, incorporating the title, abstract, full text, Works Cited list, any figures, tables or captions. Please do not include references to yourself as the author of the paper.
  • A separate title page (inc. your article title, name, affiliation and correspondence address / email address).
  • A one-paragraph short biography”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy East and West

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy in Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy in the Contemporary World

“Submissions are blind reviewed by two members of the Editorial Review Board or by others chosen by the Editor.

“Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review and should be accompanied by a short abstract.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy Now

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of Management

“Reviewing Procedure

We follow a double-blind reviewing procedure with submitted papers reviewed by two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of Medicine

"Philosophy of Medicine operates a double-blind review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of Music Education Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of Photography

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of Science

“Manuscripts must be prepared for blind review. Please see the section 'Blinding Your Paper' on this page.

“Blinding Your Paper

“Papers submitted to Philosophy of Science must be blinded prior to review. Papers cannot be reviewed unless they are properly blinded. To blind your paper, follow these guidelines:

    There is no need for a title page. The first page of the paper should contain the title, immediately followed by the abstract, immediately followed by text of the paper. Your name should not appear on this page as the author.

    Generic references to 'I' or 'me' (or other first-person pronouns) are permitted, unless they appear in conjunction with evidence that would lead the reader to infer to whom the pronoun refers.

Check that the paper has no running headers or footers with your name.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of the City Journal

"Articles that are considered suitable for the journal by the editorial board are double-blind peer reviewed by external peer-reviewers."

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

No mention of blind review. The link to the guide for the preparation of manuscripts was nonfunctional.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy, Politics and Critique

"All submissions accepted for consideration are peer-reviewed through an anonymised reviewing process."

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy South [Unisinos Journal of Philosophy]

“The publication of the article is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two ad hoc reviewers using the double blind review process.

“Submission Preparation Checklist

“… The identification of authorship of the work has been removed from the file, ensuring the journal's confidentiality criteria, if the manuscript is subjected to peer review (e.g. articles), according to instructions in Ensuring a Blind Peer Review.” [This link is not activated and there is no corresponding page at the website.]

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy Study

“All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by outside reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology

“Published items of all types other than comments and essay reviews are externally peer-reviewed through a doubly-anonymous process; authors must anonymize submissions, and the journal does not identify reviewers to authors (though it does not prevent reviewers from choosing to reveal their identities). Essay reviews and comments are reviewed internally by the editors.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy Today

“Since a blind review process is used, no authors’ name should appear anywhere on the manuscript. In addition, because we share files electronically, it is the authors’ responsibility to strip the file of any other identifying notations, including references in the document’s properties, title, or first-person language in text of references.”

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Phronesis

“Double-blinded Peer Review

All papers submitted to PHRO are reviewed by the Editors; they may, in addition, be submitted for review to external referees. In respect of these referees, PHRO uses a double-blind peer review system, which means the manuscript author (s) do not know who the reviewers are and the reviewers do not know the names of the author(s). When you submit your article via Editorial Manager, you will be asked to submit a separate title page which includes the full title of the manuscript plus the names and complete contact details of all authors. This page will not be accessible to referees. All other files (manuscript, figures, tables, etc.) should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc. The names of these files and the document properties should also be anonymized.”

 

 

 

 

 

Plato Journal: The Journal of the International Plato Society

“The Plato Journal follows a double-blinded peer review process.

“Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

    “The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

    “With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

    “With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Pluralist

“A submission must omit self-identifying information to allow for double-blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Plurilogue: Politics and Philosophy Review

“To propose a review, please contact the editor, Tom Bailey, at [email address].
“Submitted reviews will be blind refereed by a member of the editorial board.”

 

 

 

 

 

Pólemos

“Please place papers and abstracts together in one document that is suitable for anonymous review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
[Estetyka i Krytyka]

“In the peer-review process, we observe the following anonymity rules:
(1) Articles submitted to our journal will be sent to two reviewers without the name of the author (“double-blind review”). The Editors do not intend, however, to verify whether the Author has not made any references to his/her other works in the text, which may enable his/her identification. It is only suggested that Authors who deem it necessary to make references to their works do this in the ultimate draft of their article, submitted after the text has been accepted for publication.
(2) We will also observe the anonymity rule with regard to revealing the name of the reviewer to the author unless the reviewer explicitly expresses his/her request to have his/her name revealed to the author (this means that the name of the reviewer will not be deleted from the copy of the review form which is sent to the author). We assume, however, that the latter may occur by way of exception – acceptable if, e.g., the Author and the reviewer are about to engage in a philosophically interesting exchange of comments – rather than as a rule.”

 

 

 

 

 

Polish Journal of Philosophy

“In order that manuscripts may be blind-reviewed (i.e. read in ignorance of authorship), we request that names of authors and their institutional affiliations not appear on manuscripts or the electronic copy. However, a covering letter should include the title of the paper and all useful contact information — address, fax and phone numbers, email address, etc. In certain cases, the Editor-in-Chief may require that this be done before the paper is further considered.”

 

 

 

 

 

Political Studies

“To upload a manuscript, please prepare the following files:

1. An abstract of 150 words

2. A title page with names and affiliations of all authors

3. The article with any references to the identity of the authors (for example, in acknowledgements, headers, footers or in the reference list) removed to allow for double-blind peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Political Studies Review

“Political Studies Review adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Political Theology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Political Theory

“All identifying information should be removed from the manuscript. Manuscripts that do not meet the submission standards will not be considered.

“How to Submit

Authors must prepare and submit two separate files to Political Theory via our website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pt):

(1) One 'Main Document' which contains only your manuscript;

(2) One 'Supplementary File' that includes a title page with full contact information; a brief biographical paragraph noting current affiliation, research interests, and recent publications; an abstract of no more than 150 words; and five keywords to facilitate electronic access. A cover letter is not required.”

 

 

 

 

 

Politics and Animals

"All articles submitted to Politics and Animals are handled from within Open Journal Systems, and are subjected to an anonymous peer review. The identities of authors and reviewers are not revealed to each other."

 

 

 

 

 

Politics & Poetics: a Journal for Humane Philosophy

“All articles are subjected to blind peer-review, and should be formatted accordingly: the submitted article itself should not indicate the identity of the author (either within it or in the digital file information); a separate cover sheet should be provided stating the author’s name and affiliation (if any). The author may include a CV, but this is not required.”

 

 

 

 

 

Politics, Philosophy & Economics

“1. Peer review policy

“Politics, Philosophy & Economics operates a strictly blinded peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Pop. Kultur und Kritik

No paper submission guidelines at website.

 

 

 

 

 

Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics

“Essays in an acceptable format will be refereed blind by a member of the editorial advisory board.”

 

 

 

 

 

Pragmatics & Cognition

“Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review and submitted electronically in Word Format to [email address].

“All manuscripts should be accompanied by a separate file, containing the contributor's name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail, and homepage URL if available, as well as a biobibliographical note (50-75 words).”

 

 

 

 

 

Pragmatism Today

Guidelines for Authors link leads to a Facebook page lacking any such guidelines.

 

 

 

 

 

Praxis Journal of Philosophy

[From website:] “No direct or indirect references to the author should be included in the manuscript (unless it is a book review), making it suitable for blind review. To ensure your document is not identified, please go to File > Properties > Summary, make sure you delete all relevant information and save the file.

[From 1st but not 2nd E-mail announcement 10.12.2012:] “Praxis operates on the policy of double-blind peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Principia: an international journal of epistemology

"Papers submitted to the journal Principia are first evaluated by the Editorial Board. If appropriate to the scope of the journal will be sent to two referees. The papers are sent for evaluation without identifying the authors, in the Blind Review System. If a paper receiving contradictory opinions, shall be subjected to a new reviewer."

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association

“Each volume includes topical papers delivered by invited speakers, up to sixteen other papers selected for the meeting by blind review, and the President's Address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society

“Invited papers are not required to be anonymized for the purposes of the review process, however, unsolicited Discussion Notes for the Proceedings should be prepared for blind review and as such authors are reminded to keep their submissions anonymous and personal details and acknowledgements should be removed from the main document and provided instead in a separate title page document at submission stage.
“Discussion notes and replies are the only unsolicited papers the Society will review for publication. Any other kind of submission will not be considered.
”Papers must be prepared for blind review, i.e., no self-identiyfing references.
Papers must be accompanied by a separate cover sheet which provides the paper's title, author's name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and contact details (email address, phone number, and mailing address).”

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume

By invitation only. No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Process Studies

“Manuscripts submitted to Process Sudies will be sent out by the editor to 2 or 3 experts in the topic area in a double-blind assessment process, assuming the editor's first assessment of the manuscripts concludes that the manuscripts are appropriate in content and style for more formal assessment in consideration for publication.”

 

 

 

 

 

ProtoSociology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Psychological Inquiry

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Psychological Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Public Affairs Quarterly

“Those submitting material for consideration for publication should supply an electronic copy to paqjournal@gmail.com. Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout and prepared for blind-review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Public Health Ethics

“All self-identifying information should be removed from manuscripts submitted to Public Health Ethics, and should appear in the title page only. Personal citations may be retained as long as these citations do not identify the author of the article to reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Public Philosophy Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Public Reason

“All contributions whether articles or reviews are welcome and should be sent by e-mail as attachment at brancoveanu@publicreason.ro. Papers will be refereed on a blind basis by Public Reason’s referee board.

“Please limit your paper submission to 8000 words, including footnotes and references, and format it for blind review (the text should be free of personal and institutional information). Along with the article, but not in the article, please send contact details: current affiliation, address, telephone number and email address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Pulse

"Pulse is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal."

 

 

 

 

 

Quality & Quantity

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Quaderns de filosofia

"All research papers published in QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA are subject to double blind peer review. Reviewers are external to the journal editing committe."

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly Journal of the Institute of Perception Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Questions: Philosophy for Young People

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Radical Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Radical Philosophy Review

“Submissions should be sent as e-mail attachments (preferably in MS Word) to the coordinator of the executive editorial committee, Harry van der Linden, at hvanderl@butler.edu. Please attach two copies, one of which prepared for blind refereeing with all direct or indirect references to the author removed. Include an abstract of no more than 100 words, a short author bio, and e-mail and mailing address.”

 

 

 

 

 

Raisons politiques

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Ramom Llull Journal of Applied Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio

“1. All submissions to Ratio are double-blind refereed. (Neither author nor referee/s have their identity disclosed to the other.) This policy is, however, subject to point 2 below.
“2. The Editor reserves the right to reject any paper without refereeing, should the submission not be found suitable for the journal. Note that space in the journal is very tight, so some high-quality submissions will not make it to the refereeing stage. In the vast majority of cases a single referee is appointed, but in special cases the Editor may appoint two referees who will issue separate reports.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio Juris

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Rationality, Markets and Morals

“Peer Review Policy

“All research articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review including initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing. If these articles are accepted, they are marked as ‘peer reviewed’.

“Referees are asked to assess the quality of submitted papers and to point out mistakes, errors, omissions, unclear passages, and digressions. They may also offer substantive criticism. If, however, a high-quality paper encounters substantive criticism by a referee, the editors may still accept the paper without revisions concerning the substantial points of disagreement, and invite the referee to publish a comment, to which the author may respond.

“To encourage discussions of current topics, contributions to the discussion section have to pass only a lighter and faster review process by the editors. The same applies to book reviews and to some invited contributions to special topics marked as ‘article’ (see Concept and Structure).”

 

 

 

 

 

Reason Papers

“All Articles should be submitted in a format appropriate to blind review. Articles undergo review on a double-blind peer review basis, and may be sent on that basis to multiple reviewers. All manuscripts also undergo extensive review by the Editors after passing peer review; authors should therefore be prepared to respond to both substantive and editorial comments on their manuscript after acceptance.”

 

 

 

 

 

The Reasoner

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Relations: Beyond Anthropocentrism

“All submitted works undergo anonymous double-blind review.

“To preserve the integrity of the peer-review process, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of authors and reviewers from becoming known to each other.

“Check that the online instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Religious Studies: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion

“No article will be accepted for publication without blind review. The text of submitted articles must be ready for this and must bear no trace of the author’s identity. Articles that are not ready for blind review will be rejected.”

 

 

 

 

 

Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Renewal: a journal of social democracy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Res Philosophica

“All submissions to the journal are peer refereed. All unsolicited submissions are triple anonymous refereed: The author is anonymous to both the editor and the referee, and the referee is anonymous to the author. (We take anonymous review seriously; please see the instructions on how to prepare manuscripts for anonymous review.) If an editor can determine the identity of the author, no matter who the author, she will recuse herself from the review process entirely, and a suitable replacement will be found.

“Anonymity

“The journal takes the anonymity of the review process seriously. Please prepare your manuscript for blind review appropriately. Submissions that are not so prepared will be rejected.

“Nothing that could be used to identify the author should be included in the submitted document. Please be sure to follow all of the following instructions:

    Do not include a cover page

    Do not include your name as the author, your email, or your institution

    Please check the document properties to be sure that it does not include identifying marks. (These often include author's name, email, or institution.)

    Please anonymize any allusions to personal communications from named individuals with "[NAME REMOVED]."

    Please anonymize acknowledgements and thanks with "[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REMOVED]."

    When citing your own work, do not anonymize but do remove first person pronouns. That is, instead of, for example, "As I argued in Smith 2010 . . .", please use "As Smith (2010) argues . . ."”

 

 

 

 

 

Res Publica

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    “A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    “A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Research Ethics

“The quality of submitted articles is evaluated independently by double-blind peer review.

“1. Peer review policy

“All research papers submitted for publication in Research Ethics will be subject to double-blind peer review.  Research Ethics operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Research in Phenomenology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Retfaerd: Nordic Journal of Law and Justice

“All submissions are anonymously peer-reviewed by two referees external to the editorial board.

“Title: the title of the article should be written on a separate page, together with information on the author, institute affiliation, address, contact numbers and e-mail, and a 150-word abstract.

“All received academic contributions will be peer-reviewed anonymously by 2 experts. The articles will be sent anonymously by the editors, and later sent to 2 experts chosen by the editorial board. … In extraordinary cases the peer-review can be conducted by a member of the editorial board where the article was received. This can only happen if it not possible to find other opportunities for peer-review and only as long the anonymity between the author and the expert can be maintained.”

 

 

 

 

 

Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice

“Rethinking History is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is .”[sic]

“All authors of a manuscript should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. Please give the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the manuscript is accepted. Please note that the email address of the corresponding author will normally be displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal style) and the online article.

“All persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship must be named in the manuscript as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all co-authors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.

“Please supply a short biographical note for each author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Contemporary Philosophy

““Anonymity

We do not release reviewers’ identities to authors or to other reviewers, except when reviewers specifically ask to be identified. Unless they feel strongly, however, we prefer that reviewers should remain anonymous throughout the review process and beyond. Before revealing their identities, reviewers should consider the possibility that they may be asked to comment on the criticisms of other reviewers and on further revisions of the manuscript; identified reviewers may find it more difficult to be objective in such circumstances. We ask reviewers not to identify themselves to authors without the editor's knowledge. If they wish to reveal their identities while the manuscript is under consideration, this should be done via the editor, or if this is not practicable, we ask authors to inform the editor as soon as possible after the reviewer has revealed his or her identity to the author. We deplore any attempt by authors to confront reviewers or determine their identities. Our own policy is to neither confirm nor deny any speculation about reviewers' identities, and we encourage reviewers to adopt a similar policy.

“Double blind peer review

All papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anonymous double-blind peer review. All material submitted to our journal will be reviewed by the Editorial team. Papers may be rejected without full peer review, remaining papers will be sent for external peer review. Our journal operates a double-blind peer review process and aims to provide rapid peer review with papers receiving a first decision within an average of 30 days.””

 

 

 

 

 

The Review of Metaphysics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Social Economy

"Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees."

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Symbolic Logic

“Manuscripts should be submitted to the Coordinating Editor. Electronic submission is encouraged: send an e-message with the manuscript attached in pdf format. The body of the e-message should include the title of the paper, the authors, its length in pages, and a clear-text copy of the abstract.

“Authors who prefer blind refereeing are invited to prepare their papers accordingly.”

 

 

 

 

 

Revista de Bioética y Derecho

"Manuscripts are submitted to external double-blind evaluation prior to publication"

 

 

 

 

 

Revista de Estudios Kantianos

“1. Sending
“The only way to send contributions to REK is its digital platform, which guarantees the anonymous character of both the sending and the reviewing process and promotes its scientific objectivity.
“2. Assignation
“Once the compliance of the formal items of the sending has been assessed, the area’s editor will assign the text to two reviewers who do not know the identity of the author. …
“4. Deliberation and communication
“The two reviewers will have a period of three months to report their evaluation to the area’s editor. Each of them will elaborate an anonymous report …
“In addition to the evaluation result, each author will receive from the area’s editor the reports concerning his/her text. …
“Instructions for contributors
“4. Revision
“Each author will corroborate accurately that all indication of identity has been excluded. … He/she will take care even that the file does not include personal information within its digital properties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Revista de Filosofia Aurora

"The journal publishes scientific articles and reviews by adopting the peer review process among members of the Editorial Board or the specialized scientific community in a double-blind review system, i.e., both the names of the reviewers and of the authors will remain confidential."

 

 

 

 

 

Revista Eletrônica Estudos Hegelianos (Online Journal of Hegel Studies)

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Revue philosophique de la France et de l’étranger

No website. Philos-L announcement:

“Submitted papers will be subject to double-blind refereeing.

“Submissions must be prepared for blind review: the identity of the author and any other identifying information must not appear anywhere in the document. A separate cover sheet must be included that contains the author information and paper title.”

 

 

 

 

 

Rhizomata: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Rivista di estetica

“Rivista di Estetica practices double blind refereeing and publishes both in Italian and English.

“Every submission requires:

– a .doc file with the full text

of the article, prepared for blind referee

– a .doc file with a ten lines abstract

(in English)

– a .doc cover file containing the following data (on behalf of the editorial board):

1) author (with address and e-mail address)

2) title, date of the last version”

 

 

 

 

 

Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio

“[S]ubmissions will be seen anonymously by the referees. The contribution should be sent by two different files: an anonymous file containing the text of the contribution and another one containing a short note of biographical details (name, institute of reference, e-mail address for all communication sent by RIFL). Please, make sure your contact address information is clearly visible only outside of the file you are sending to editors. The email address of the author, who will check proofs and receive correspondence and offprints, should also be included or confirmed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Rivista Italiana di ia Analitica

“Received papers, if in compliance with RIFAJ’s standards, are submitted to a double-blind peer review process. Papers are sent for formal review to three referees, chosen from the journal’s scientific committee in view of their area of expertise.”

 

 

 

 

 

Romanian Journal of Bioethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies

“Scholarly articles submitted to the journal are reviewed anonymously.

“Scholarly papers are refereed by the double-blind method, so identification of the author should be easily removable.”

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Sociological Review

“Two anonymous reviewers usually review papers that are accepted for the consideration. As a rule, one reviewer is a member of the editorial board. The reviewing process is double blind, which means that neither author(s) nor reviewers know personal details of each other.”

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Studies in Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

S.Ph. Essays and Explorations

“All submissions will be reviewed by members of the Senior Editorial Team. If further input is required, the editors will consult the appropriate members of the Editorial Board. If contributors express the need for technical “peer review,” then in the event that the editors approve the submission, they will send it out for external blind review. The final decision to publish rests with the Senior Editorial Team.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sartre Studies International

“The editors certify that all materials, with the possible exception of editorial introductions, book reviews, and some types of commentary, have been subjected to double-blind peer review by qualified scholars in the field.”

 

 

 

 

 

SATS: Northern European Journal of Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Schutzian Research: A Yearbook of Worldly Phenomenology and Qualitative Social Science

“All submissions will be blindly reviewed by at least two experts in the appropriate field.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sci Phi Journal

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Science and Consciousness Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Science & Education

“Double-blind review procedure The journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted. Authors are responsible for reinserting self-identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission.”

 

 

 

 

 

Science and Engineering Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Science, Religion & Culture

“Blinded Review: All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by at least two experts in the field. The names of the reviewers will thus not be disclosed to the author submitting a paper.”

 

 

 

 

 

Scientia et Fides

"Two-stage Peer Review Process: an internal review by "Scientia et Fides" and the process of double blind review, that is two experts independent of the Editorial Office."

 

 

 

 

 

Scientonomy: Journal for the Science of Science

"All articles are subject to the highest standards of double-blind peer review."

 

 

 

 

 

Shape

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation

“Double-blind Review

“To facilitate the journal’s double-blind peer review process, authors should ensure that information about author identities do not appear anywhere in the manuscript. If an author is cited,

“Author” and year should be used in the footnotes and reference list instead of the author’s name, paper title, etc. The author’s name should also be removed from the document properties. In Microsoft Word, this is found under the File menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sign Systems Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

“A separate title page should include the article title and the author's name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, and fax number, if available. To protect anonymity, the author's name should not appear in the manuscript, and all references in the body of the text and in footnotes that might identify the author to the reviewer should be removed and cited on a separate page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Simone de Beauvoir Studies

"All submissions to Simone de Beauvoir Studies, whether invited, requested, or unsolicited, will be anonymously reviewed by no less than two appropriate reviewers. SdBS uses a double-anonymous peer review system, which means that manuscript author(s) do not know who the reviewers are and that reviewers do not know the names of the author(s)."

 

 

 

 

 

Síntesis. Revista de Filosofía

"In the case of articles, the author must omit from the sent manuscript any reference that might lead to their identification (including acknowledgements), in order to guarantee the anonymity of the peer review."

 

 

 

 

 

The Slovak Journal of Aesthetics

"The Journal follows the guidelines of double-blind peer review, which means that both the reviewer’s and author’s identities are concealed from each other throughout the review process, which is supervised by the editors."

 

 

 

 

 

Social Choice and Welfare

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Social Epistemology

“Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”.”

 

 

 

 

 

Social Imaginaries

"The author must prepare the document for double blind review."

 

 

 

 

 

Social Philosophy & Policy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Social Philosophy Today

“Each volume contains a selection of papers presented at the International Social Philosophy Conference, an annual event sponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy.”

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Social Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Social Studies of Science

“Social Studies of Science operates a double-blinded peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed. All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors and only those papers that meet the editorial standards of the journal, and are appropriate within the aims and scope of the journal, will be sent for outside review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Social Theory and Practice

“Papers should be prepared for blind review and submitted electronically (preferably as Microsoft Word documents) to stp-philosophy@fsu.edu. Author-identifying information, any deleted references or acknowledgments, and a statement that the paper has not been published previously in any form and is not currently under consideration elsewhere should be included in a separate note. An email address should be provided for acknowledgment of receipt.”

 

 

 

 

 

Society and Business Review

“Review process

“All papers will first be considered by the Editor for general relevance and significance. If accepted for review, papers will then be subject to double blind peer review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Society and Politics

“Society and Politics is a scholarly peer reviewed journal. All research articles published in this journal have gone through a rigorous peer review, based on an initial editor screening and blind-reviewing by at least two anonymous referees.
“Blinding
The manuscript should be prepared for blind peer review. To this end, all identifying elements should be deleted from it. The authors may cite their own work where necessary, as long as the language they use does not identify them as the authors (i.e., they should only refer to their work in 3rd person). The name and affiliation of the author(s), their position and current appointment (if different), together with the full address (including fax, telephone and email) of the author who is to check the proofs, will be included in a separate title page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sofia Philosophical Review

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Soft Computing

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Solidarity: The Journal for Catholic Social Thought and Secular Ethics

“All submissions are treated as Unsolicited Contributions and double-blind refereed.

To ensure its integrity, the refereeing process for all unsolicited contributions to the Solidarity [sic]is double-blind: the names and institutional affiliations of authors are revealed neither to referees nor members of the Editorial Board; likewise, referees and Board members remain anonymous both to each other and to the author in each particular case. Without the prior permission of the Editors, referees and Board members will not show to other people material supplied to them for evaluation. All published submissions have been anonymously reviewed by at least two referees.”

 

 

 

 

 

Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysical Theology and Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions

No viable website, no mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorities: Digital Journal of Analytical Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal

“For procedures related to submitting an essay, consult the CHS website (http://www.lib.fsu.edu/CHS/).” This page was not accessible.

 

 

 

 

 

South African Journal of Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

South American Journal of Logic

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Journal of Philosophy

“All references to the author (direct and indirect) must be removed in order to ensure blind review. Please check the body of the text, abstract, notes, and document meta-data to confirm the absence of any self-identifying references.”

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest Philosophical Studies

“SPS is a blind and peer reviewed journal which publishes ten to twelve of the best papers accepted into the annual conference.”

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest Philosophy Review

“Author's name should appear only in a separate cover letter, and submissions should be formatted for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Speculations: A Journal of Speculative Realism

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

S.Ph.: Essays and Explorations

“All submissions will be reviewed by the Editor and one or both of the Associate Editors. If further input is required, the editors will consult the appropriate members of the Editorial Board. If contributors express the need for technical “peer review,” then in the event that the editors approve the submission, they will send it out for external blind review. The final decision to publish rests with the Senior Editorial Team.”

 

 

 

 

 

Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science

“If submitting a paper for peer review, the paper is anonymized. See instructions for ensuring a blind review.

Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

“To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

“The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.

“With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

“With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Stasis

"All manuscripts submitted to Stasis journal are subject to double-blind peer-review procedure in order to guarantee objective evaluation of materials and obtain advice from experts in the relevant area of study."

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Leibnitiana

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Logica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Neoaristotelica

“E-mail manuscripts to studia@skaut.org as two files, containing the following items:

File one:

    the anonymized paper

File two:

    the abstract(s)

    list of keywords

    author’s name, affiliation and scholarly profile

    author’s e-mail address

    author’s postal address

    author’s personal website address (if any).”

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Phaenomenologica

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Philosophica Estonica

“Reviewing Procedure

Studia Philosophica Estonica follows a double−blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to omit their name and affiliation from the manuscript. Self−identifying citations and references in the article text should also be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies)

"Studia Semiotyczne uses a system of triple blind peer review in the process of reviewing submitted papers (except for special thematic issues where the double blind peer review procedure is used). In that process the reviewer and the author remain anonymous to each other and the Editor-in-Chief receives access to the data about the author only after the review procedure is completed."

 

 

 

 

 

Studia Spinozana

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in Christian Ethics

“1. Peer review policy

“Studies in Christian Ethics adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identities of the referees and the author are concealed from all parties.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in East European Thought

“Reviewing procedure

Studies in East European Thought follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted. Authors are responsible for reinserting self-identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission.

“Manuscript Preparation

“Title page

“The title page (separate) should include:

- The name(s) of the author(s)

- A concise and informative title

- The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

- The e-mail address, phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology

“Do not identify author names in the actual text of your manuscript; all such information is discarded when we receive your submission. To add or edit co-authors, you must use the “revise submission” form.

Make sure all author and co-author information is complete. Click on “Preview submission” to make sure that all your co-authors' names and affiliations appear correctly.

Do not include acknowledgments in your manuscript. Instead, enter acknowledgments in the coverpage footnote section on the “revise submission” form, so that they may be incorporated into the title page produced for publication.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

“Studies uses the peer review system; articles should be submitted prepared for blind review. For more information, please read the journal's peer review policy.” [This link goes to a page stating, “Sorry, the page you are looking for cannot be found.”]

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

“Referees

Please submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of three potential referees. Note that the editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.

“Essential title page information

“• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.

“• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that phone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

“Studies uses the peer review system; articles should be submitted prepared for blind review. Details of the Peer Review policy are available from the journal's homepage:”

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

“Studies uses the peer review system; articles should be submitted prepared for blind review. Details of the Peer Review policy are available from the journal's homepage [link].” [This link goes to a page that does not contain details of the journal’s peer review policy]

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in Logic

“Manuscripts must be prepared for blind review. The author should submit two versions of the papers, with and without author's information respectively. In the blind version, the author's name and affiliation should not appear on the first page as the author. The acknowledgement or references to author's own work should not lead the reader to infer the author's identity.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

“The papers will be double-blind reviewed and therefore authors are asked to remove any self identifying citations.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in Philosophy and Education

“Double-blind peer review

This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Studies in Social Justice

“Submissions are reviewed by two independent assessors who may or may not be members of the Editorial Board. The review process will be anonymous and you are asked to avoid identifying yourself in the submission.

“Submission Preparation Checklist

“The text, if submitted to a peer-reviewed section (e.g., Articles), has had the authors' names removed. Identifying information such as institutional affiliation and acknowledgements have been removed. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.”

 

 

 

 

 

Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy/Revue canadienne de philosophie continentale

“All articles submitted to Symposium are peer-reviewed. Upon receipt of a manuscript an initial determination is made by the editor about the likelihood of a submission securing two favorable referee reports from scholars in the field. Some submissions are rejected at this stage. Otherwise the submission is forwarded to two referees from the editorial board for assessment on a double-blind basis. Manuscripts accepted for publication generally receive two favorable reports and final approval from the editor.”

 

 

 

 

 

Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy

“Synesis follows a double−blind reviewing procedure. Each submitted manuscript will be reviewed by (at least) two anonymous peer reviewers. These reviews will help the co-editors reach a final decision about whether a manuscript should be accepted for publication.

“Submissions should include these attachments: 1) a brief cover letter stating the names, titles, and contact information of all authors, indicating the corresponding author, that the work is original and has not been submitted elsewhere, and acknowledgment of copyright transfer.”

 

 

 

 

 

Synthese

“Double-blind peer review

“This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to submit:

    A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should be avoided.

    A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page.”

 

 

 

 

 

Synthesis: Journal of Philosophy

"Manuscripts should be prepared for double blind-review and therefore they should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc."

 

 

 

 

 

Synthesis Philosophica

“Every article has to pass 'double-blind' peer-reviewing procedure, with two anonymous reviewers.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sztuka I filozofia

“We inform all prospective contributors to Sztuka i Filozofia about the rules which we intend to follow when accepting texts for publication:

“In order to facilitate the blind reviewing process, authors are asked not to disclose their identity anywhere within the text’s pages. The text should start with the full title of the article on top of the first page. Additionally, the article should be preceded by a cover page containing: full title of the article, abstract (150-200 words) and key words, name and surname of the author, a short note on the author i.e. title, academic affiliation or present work affiliation, and an email address that can be disclosed to the journal readers.”

 

 

 

 

 

tba

"Any information that could reveal the author's identity has been removed from the article in order to ensure a blind peer review process."

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Ethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Philosophy

“Papers should be suitable for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology

“The first page of the manuscript should contain the title of the paper, an abstract of 50-100 words, and 2-5 comprehensive keywords. Each page of the manuscript should be consecutively numbered, including pages of notes, references, and captions. The paper should be prepared for blind review with no endnotes or document properties identifying the author or the author's institution. Please be careful to check the properties of your file to ensure anonymity.

“The title of the paper, the author's name and full affiliation address (including email) must be supplied in a separate file (MSWord, Rich Text or Open Office Format) attached to the same email as your manuscript submission.”

 

 

 

 

 

Technophany

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Telos

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Teorema

“The text must be suitable for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Territories: A Trans-Cultural Journal of Regional Studies

"Once it is approved for review, the manuscripts will be blind peer-reviewed by scholars with competence and specialization in each of the fields."

 

 

 

 

 

Tetsugaku: International Journal

"Neither author’s name nor institutional affiliation should be shown in paper itself. Any acknowledgements and materials that allow identification of the author should be removed prior to submission."

 

 

 

 

 

The Journal for Ethics and Moral Philosophy

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Journal of School and Society

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

TheoLogica

"After initial screening by the Editors, accepted submissions are reviewed by two referees under a double-blind peer review process, and their reports made available to authors."

 

 

 

 

 

Theology and Science

“Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as ‘File not for review’.”

 

 

 

 

 

Theoretical & Applied Ethics

“Do not type your name, academic affiliation, or any other self-identifying information in your paper. Put that information on your cover letter. Papers are reviewed "blind," so that referees do not know whose paper they are reading.”

 

 

 

 

 

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Theoria - An International
Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science [Spain]

“THEORIA is a peer-reviewed journal. According to its topic, each paper is assigned by the Editors to the competent area editor. This latter will choose two external referees. They will provide a report on a blind version of the paper and, on this basis, the area editor will make the final decision about publication.” The submission instructions at this website include “Step 3. Uploading the Submission
“Upload here a PDF version (.pdf) prepared for anonymous refereeing, with all the identifying information removed.”

 

 

 

 

 

Theoria [Sweden]

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Theoria & Praxis

“Manuscripts shall be subject to a double-blind reading, ensuring the integrity of the peer-review process.

“The journal is double-blind refereed. And to ensure the integrity of this process, the authors should delete their names from the text, and use "Author" instead where applicable. Names and contacts should be provided in a separate document.”

 

 

 

 

 

Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Theory and Decision

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Theory & Psychology

“As the Editors prefer to obtain anonymous reviews, the manuscript should include two title pages, one with identifying information and one with a title only. All identifying information should be excluded from the body of the text as well. Only manuscripts prepared in this fashion can be subject to blind reviews.”

 

 

 

 

 

Thesis Eleven

“Thesis Eleven operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Think: Philosophy for everyone

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Thinking & Reasoning

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

The Thomist

“Contributions should be formatted for blind review, and submitted in both electronic and print form.”

 

 

 

 

 

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

“Anonymity

“To facilitate our anonymous review process, the author should not be identified in the manuscript or the abstract.

“All submissions are blind reviewed at all stages of the review process.”

 

 

 

 

 

Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Topoi

“The journal welcome proposals for whole issues devoted to a specific topic (topos) of philosophical interest.

“Each proposal should include the following information:

• Guest editors: names, affiliations and contact details …

• Expected contributors: a list of prospective authors who will contribute to the issue. For each author, the list must include the topic of his/her contribution, his/her affiliation, and an indication of whether or not the person in question already agreed to submit a paper for that issue. The list of invited contributors can be supplemented by a call for papers, but … (ii) no less than half of the expected contributions have to be by invitation, i.e., already mentioned in the proposal

“Manuscript Preparation

Title page. The title page should include:

- The name(s) of the author(s)

- A concise and informative title

- The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

- The e-mail address, phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical

“Manuscripts normally will be sent out for blind review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy

“All manuscripts, prepared for blind review, should be sent to: [email address]”

 

 

 

 

 

Transmission: Journal of the Awareness Field

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science

“Once submitted via our online system, they are immediately assessed by the Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Committee. They are judged by their conformity to the mission of the journal, the extent to which they meet the standards established by the Editorial Committee, and their originality. The manuscripts may be refused at this stage of the process.

“If the manuscript meets all of the aforementioned requirements, it proceeds to the second stage of the process, a double-blinded system with two or more referees who decide whether the paper should be accepted or not, as well as suggest revisions. In this case, the authors should respond to the suggestions of the referees, who then re-evaluate the manuscript. The Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Committee then make the final decision.”

 

 

 

 

 

Trόpos: Journal of Hermeneutics and Philosophical Criticism

“The journal publishes invited contributions and essays submitted by their authors, which undergo a double blind process.”

From Philos-L announcement:
“- Papers should be prepared for blind review (double)
- Each submission should consist of two separate documents containing the following:
1. The full paper including:
1. Title
2. The full paper should not exceed 50,000 characters in total.
3. An abstract of no more than 200 words - also including an English title
4. 5 keywords
5. See style sheet below for more detailed information
2. A separate cover letter including the following information:
1. The title of the paper
2. Your name, affiliation and contact information.
3. A biographical presentation of 50-60 words.”

No link to a style sheet is given in the announcement or at the journal’s website.

 

 

 

 

 

Ultimate Reality and Meaning

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Universitas Philosophica

“Contributions are evaluated by the Editorial Committee and academic peer-reviewers in a double-blind system.”

 

 

 

 

 

Utilitas

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Utopian Studies

“Utopian Studies asks two referees to blind review each manuscript.

“Contributor contact information (e-mail address) should be submitted for the editor along with the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Critique

“All contributions are by invitation only (hence, papers are not peer reviewed, though they are read by all three site editors).”

 

 

 

 

 

Versus

“All papers will undergo double-blind peer review, preceded by a preliminary editorial review of the abstracts.”

 

 

 

 

 

Vivarium

“Double-blind Peer Review VIV uses a double-blind peer review system, which means that manuscript author(s) do not know who the reviewers are, and that reviewers do not know the names of the author(s). When you submit your article via Editorial Manager, you will be asked to submit a separate title page which includes the full title of the manuscript plus the names and complete contact details of all authors. This page will not be accessible to the referees. All other files (manuscript, figures, tables, etc.) should not contain any information concerning author names, institutions, etc. The names of these files and the document properties should also be anonymized.”

 

 

 

 

 

Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy

"The evaluation of the submitted manuscripts is in compliance with the double blind peer review system."

 

 

 

 

 

Wagadu - A Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies

“All articles will be subject to anonymous review.”

 

 

 

 

 

Wassard Elea Rivista

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Whatever

"Whatever is a double-blind peer-reviewed, online, open-access (CC 4.0 by-nc) journal."

 

 

 

 

 

Whiteness and Education

“All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

“Authors should prepare two versions of their manuscript for submission in order to facilitate the journal’s double anonymous peer-review protocol. The first version of the manuscript should be a complete text including title page, while in the second document all information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees.

“All authors of a manuscript should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript.”

 

 

 

 

 

William James Studies

“Because unsolicited manuscripts are blind reviewed, each must include a separate title page listing the title of the paper, the author's name, institutional affiliation, word count and current contact information (mailing address, email address, and phone number). There should also be no references in the paper, footnotes or endnotes that compromise the anonymity of the author.”

 

 

 

 

 

Women Philosophers’ Journal

No website, no mention of blind review in Philos-L announcement.

 

 

 

 

 

World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

Yearbook of Moving Image Studies

“YoMIS is a double-blind peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary publication aimed at an international academic readership; and therefore an innovative quality publication with a high level of international expertise.”

 

 

 

 

 

Yearbook on History and Interpretation of Phenomenology

No mention of blind review.

 

 

 

 

 

*ScholarOne Manuscripts
System [formerly Manuscript Central]

“Submitting Your Manuscript to ScholarOne Manuscripts: A Guide
“To submit your manuscript, you will need the following files:
· A Title page file with the names of all authors and co-authors*
· Main document file with abstract, keywords, main text and references
· Figure files
· Table files
· Any extra files such as Supplemental files or Author Biographical notes
“Word templates are available for many of our journals, but please check the Instructions for Authors page of the journal before you use them.
“If you are submitting to a journal that uses double-blind peer review, please note that you will need to save the title page as a separate file and designate it as ‘not for review’.”