Confidentiality and Anonymity

Reviewers should remember that they are setting the standards of behavior and collegiality for their field, as well as the standards of science. When the review is finished, it is sent to the journal. Reviewers must keep the content of the manuscript, including the abstract, confidential. They must inform the Editorial Office if they would like a student or colleague to complete the review on their behalf.

MSIS journals operate single or double-blind peer review. Reviewers should be careful not to reveal their identity to the authors, either in their comments or in metadata for reports submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

MSIS journals offer authors the possibility to publish review reports with their paper and for reviewers to sign their open review reports but will not reveal the reviewer name until publication and only with their explicit agreement.