The Double Blind Method

Double-blind peer review.

Since Nature Nanotechnology launched in October 2006, our approach to peer review has been the same. We, like most science journals, use ‘single-blind’ peer review: that is, the referees of a paper know who the authors are but the authors don’t know who the referees are. We are now making a change to this process and will offer ‘doubleblind’ peer review — in which referees review a paper withou...

Double Blind Experiment

Moving to the Double-Blind Review System

Limitations of the Double-Blind Pharmaceutical Study:

This paper examines the limitations of the double-blind pharmaceutical study in medical research. These areas are often neglected. First, common difficulties are discussed. These include lack of appropriate demographic controls including cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine and drug interactions. Additionally, not eliciting side-effects and therapeutic effects may occur because the measuring instrumen...

randomised controlled double blind trial

To investigate the effects of supplemental oxygen on cardiac rhythm during gastroscopy, 103 patients aged over 60 were randomised to receive either supplemental oxygen or air at 2 litres/minute during the procedure. Pulse rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and a Holter cardiac trace were monitored before, during, and for one hour after the gastroscopy. A wide range of electrocardiographic...