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- From: csa33@seq1.keele.ac.uk (H.S. Nwana)
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- Subject: Re: New Problems in IJCAI Reviewing (long)
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 18:55:28 GMT
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- This idea of anonymity is perhaps a non starter. More often than not over the
- last 2 years, I think I could identify my "anonymous" referees, not from
- their handwriting (they usually type) but from the way they write, their style,
- their choice of vocabulary, etc. If you see 'favorable', 'color', etc, you
- know he/she is likely american, if the english/french is not too good then
- you can narrow down the search even more. Once you have read three or more
- papers of some referee, you pick up quite a bit...
-
- My point is if authors can even fairly accurately guess who the referees
- are, then the chances of a referee not knowing a fairly well-known researcher's
- work are slim indeed, especially if he/she bothers to try! Many colleagues
- of mine have voiced similar sentiments.
-
- Hyacinth S. Nwana
-