Subject: Re: [HM] History of mathematics BY whom
From: M.Carmen Hernandez-Martin (mchm@cica.es)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 14:53:10 EST
Subject: anonymous referees
Julio Gonzalez Cabillon wrote:
> ...
>
> 1 Manuscripts submitted to xxxx are sent to $n$ (2 or 3) anonymous
> referees. The manuscript is carefully reviewed by the referees,
> and on the basis of their reports the editor decides whether the
> article should be published. The editorial office communicates
> this decision to the author, with extracts from the referees'
> reports, if appropriate.
> 2 ...
>
> Now... my 'naive' question is: why ANONYMOUS referees all the way through?
> In my opinion, this could be, particularly, a dangerous pill to take within
> the realm of the history of mathematics' (and, yes, not only there) serious
> research. Your reactions (_a favor o *en contra*_) are welcome!
I most emphatically agree with you. Why anonymous referees, why not "dar la
cara". It would be more honest and would give to the rejected writer the right
to reply. Anyway, it is not the method of the _Archives for History of Exact
Sciences_, for instance.
Saludos desde Sevilla
M.Carmen Hernandez-Martin
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