Should Reviewers' Names Be Published with the Papers They Review?
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The blog post discusses whether reviewers' names should be published with the papers they review, sparking a debate about transparency, bias, and the peer-review process.
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In this blog, I try to dissect the question: Should the names of reviewers be made public alongside the papers they review?
As a grad student, I did a large number of reviews for IEEE journals and conferences. Simply publishing the number of reviews that one did could encourage busy grad students and other academics.