Double-blind review preparation of materials

To ensure that double-blind peer review is possible, care must be taken to ensure that neither the author nor the reviewer can identify each other.

To do this, the following measures must be taken:

  1. The authors of the article should delete their information from the text of the article. Reviewers should delete their information from the review.

  2. If there are author's works in the list of cited literature, in both sections "Литература" and "References", all the output data of the publication should be deleted and just the number should be left to preserve the general numbering order of references in the text of the article.

  3. In Microsoft Office documents, all information identifying the author should be deleted.

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

    • In the File menu, select Save As > Tools (or Mac Options) > Security > Delete personal information from file properties when saving > Save.

    For Macintosh Word 2008 and subsequent versions:

    1. In the "File" menu, select the "Properties" command.
    2. On the Summary tab, delete all identifying information in all fields.
    3. Save file.

    For Microsoft 2007 (Windows):

    1. Click on the Microsoft Office button and select Prepare > Check Document.
    2. In the Document Inspector dialog box, check the boxes to select the types of hidden content, and click the Check button.
    3. Click the "Delete" button next to the data identifying the author.
    4. Save file.

    Для Microsoft 2010 (Windows):

    1. In the "File" menu, select the "Details" command. Next, click on the "Problem Finder" button in the "Prepare for sharing" section, select the "Document Inspector" option from the drop-down list.
    2. In the Document Inspector dialog box, check the boxes to select the types of hidden content, and click the Check button.
    3. Click the "Delete" button next to the data identifying the author.
    4. Save file.

  4. PDF-files:

    • Information about the author should be deleted from the document properties: menu "File" > "Document Properties".