Internal validity was assessed by checking for appropriateness of the randomisation process, the double blinding process, and the handling of dropouts and withdrawals by intervention group.
Academic journals use a double-blind process so the authors don't know the identity of the reviewers and vice versa, with the intention being to ensure that the process is as rigorous and objective as possible.
The patient data were obtained from the medical record library through a double-blind process and were analysed anonymously.
32 34 52 All studies were stated to be double blind, although the blinding process was not fully described.
This special issue received 34 research/review articles over a period of 6 months, of which 21 high-quality papers (62%) were accepted for publication following a double blind peer-review process.
The journal applies a web based double-blind review process.
This work is an extension of the paper "[this information has been removed for the double-blind reviewing process]".
Our journal uses a double-blind review process to ensure we publish high quality research, but we also work hard to support authors to first make it to the peer review process (See Fig. 3).
This open access initiative combined with our unique double-blind reviewing process and the fact that we remain the only journal specializing in applied evolutionary biology reaffirms our status among the most innovative journals in the field.
All samples were processed and analyzed in a double blind fashion.
