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Letterhead Bias and Blind Review


Letterhead Bias and Blind Review - University of Illinois Law Review

Letterhead bias is when journal editors use information about the author—reputation, affiliated institution, prior publications, etc.—as a proxy ...

LETTERHEAD BIAS AND BLIND REVIEW: AN ANALYSIS OF ...

Fortunately, the existence of a few law journals that implement blind review allows for an objec- tive measurement of letterhead bias. There are ...

Letterhead Bias and Blind Review: An Analysis of Prevalence and ...

This Article reports the findings of a first-of-its-kind study designed to measure the effects of letterhead bias on legal scholarship.

TaxProf Blog: Letterhead Bias and Blind Review: An Analysis of ...

As the first quantitative analysis into the subject, this research illuminates the prevalence of letterhead bias and the effectiveness of blind review in ...

Letterhead Bias and the Demographics of Elite Journal Publications

Jonathan Gingerich, A Call for Blind Review: Student Edited Law Reviews and Bias,. 59 J. LEGAL EDUC. 269, 274 (2009); see also Nance ...

The systemic inequity of 'letterhead bias' in US law journals

But in US legal academia, it has long been suspected that journal editors (most of whom are students) are affected by “letterhead bias”, where ...

A Call for Blind Review: Student Edited Law Reviews and Bias

of adopting a blind review model, such as decreased reliance on letterhead prestige, better perceptions of the journal's review process by potential authors ...

Letterhead Bias and the Demographics of Elite Journal Publications

This article is the result of the most extensive audit of U.S. law review articles ever undertaken. It presents and discusses the findings ...

A Call for Blind Review: Student Edited Law Reviews and Bias

Bluebook Citation. Jonathan Gingerich, A Call for Blind Review: Student Edited Law Reviews and Bias, 59 J. Legal Educ. 269 (2009).

The systemic inequity of 'letterhead bias' in US law journals - World ...

Second, law reviews should institute a comprehensive policy of blind manuscript review, so that author identity is substantially removed as a potential ...

Does Blind Review See Race?* - Society of American Law Teachers

For instance, blind review could greatly reduce or even eliminate the effects of letterhead bias and CV bias, as discussed in my earlier post. That would ...

LETTERHEAD BIAS AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ELITE ...

It documents the trends and patterns in the demographics of 5,791 authors across 4,593 articles. The research provides statistical evidence of "letterhead bias" ...

What's in a Name? The Letterhead Impact Project

Therefore, if bias exists, blind review should maximize the possibility of publication by authors from non-elite institutions. 72Id. See also Ira Mark Ellman, A ...

A call for blind review: student edited law reviews and bias

... blind review model, such as decreased reliance on letterhead prestige, better perceptions of the journal's review process by potential ...

A Call for Blind Review: Student Edited Law Reviews and Bias ...

the possibility of “letterhead bias” should be examined and remedied if possible. Perception of Fairness. Judging from the comments on the PrawfsBlawg ...

Law Review Submissions: Editors' Perspectives, Ideal Articles, and ...

Harvard's editor stated that faculty review of submissions is double-blind. ... letterhead bias. Several elite journals appear to share this ...

Reviewer bias in single- versus double-blind peer review - PNAS

Debate continues regarding the merits of single-blind review, in which anonymous reviewers know the authors of a paper and their affiliations, compared with ...

Anecdotal Evidence of Letterhead Bias - PrawfsBlawg

... letterhead bias in law review article selection. ... review of actually published law review articles ... The system you describe -- double blind peer review ...

Double-Blind Reviews: A Step Toward Eliminating Unconscious Bias

Proponents of double-blind review suggest that it is a more impartial process that limits biases and results in higher quality peer reviews.

A field study comparing the equity of peer review - OSF

The results also suggest that double-blind review may also reduce the ability of reviewers to take into consideration when submissions are from ...