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Double-blind peer review is a model of peer review which reduces biases by allowing reviewer(s) to judge the manuscript only based on scientific content, unbiased by the information of who the author(s) is/are. Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to DSU readership are sent for formal review, typically to two reviewers. Through a double-blind review, the manuscripts will be reviewed by the selected peer reviewers and our biostatisticians who check the articles for any methodological flaws, format, and their compliance with the instructions of DSU. Neither the peer reviewers nor the authors are revealed to each other. Reviewers are required to keep manuscripts and their information confidential. They must not use knowledge of the manuscript before its publication for their personal interests. Reviewers should declare their conflicts of interest and decline review if a conflict exists. Their comments should be constructive, honest, and polite. The reviewers’ comments will be passed to the authors and their responses to the comments along with the reviewers’ comments will then be evaluated by the editor(s). The Managing editor, on the basis of the comments, and the standards of DSU, will decide which articles should be rejected, provisionally accepted or accepted. It should be noted that articles submitted by the staff and editors of the DSU will also be subjected to peer review and the authors will be completely blind to the evaluation process of their article until a final decision has been made. |
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