Author Country Diversity in Triple-Blind Versus Double-Blind Peer Review Models

Chang, Yu-Wei; Li, Fang-An

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Title

Author Country Diversity in Triple-Blind Versus Double-Blind Peer Review Models

Author(s)

• Chang, Yu-Wei
• Li, Fang-An

Issue Date

2026-03-12

Keyword(s)

• Double-blind peer review
• Triple-blind peer review
• Author country
• Philosophy journals

Abstract

Introduction.In this study, the prevalence of authors’ affiliation with a traditionally nondominant country within academic publication was compared for double- versus triple-blind philosophy journals. Triple blinding offers more complete anonymity during the review process and may better protect authors from less prominent countries. Method. Sixteen double-blind and 16 triple-blind philosophy journals indexed in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports were selected. Articles published in these 32 journals between 2019 and 2024 in the Web of Science were analysed for authors’ country affiliations. Analysis. The diversity of authors’ affiliated countries was measured using the Gini–Simpson index, and countries were classified into six levels based on research and development expenditure. Level 1 countries with the highest R&D expenditure were defined as dominant countries. Results. The average diversity score of author country affiliations was slightly higher for double-blind journals than for triple-blind journals (0.798 vs. 0.760), but this difference was nonsignificant. Triple-blind journals had a higher proportion of authors from countries in the highest R&D expenditure tier (96.89%) than double-blind journals did (93.18%). Conclusion(s). This finding suggests that the greater anonymity provided by the triple-blind review process minimally mitigates editorial bias, possibly due to the relatively weak influence of such bias in editorial decision-making.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2026 Proceedings

Type of Resource

Other

Genre of Resource

Conference Poster

Language

eng

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