Structural Inequity in Scholarly Gatekeeping: When Anonymity Alone Cannot Guarantee Fairness
Double-blind peer review was long considered the gold standard for impartial evaluation, yet mounting evidence suggests that anonymity addresses only one layer of a far more complex problem. From institutional prestige to demographic disparities in acceptance rates, structural biases continue to shape which research reaches publication. PRR Society examines the evidence and outlines what organizations can do to build genuinely equitable review systems.