The current objectives of peer review are listed in. Objectives of editorial peer review. 1. Help editors make decisions about publishing a manuscript. 2. Offer constructive feedback to writers that will improve the final writing product. 3. Improve critical thinking and writing skills of editors, reviewers and authors. 4.1. Reviewers in the single-blind cohort bid less prolifically, bidding less, on average, than those in the double-blind cohort. 2. The bids submitted by the single-blind evaluators were as follows: ANALYSIS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN INDIA. Available online, www.iaraindia.com RESEARCH EXPLORER-A Blind Review amp Refereed Quarterly International Journal ISSN: 2250-1940. An additional threat to the double-blind review process in our field is the increased publication of research articles online, on preprint servers. , on research sharing sites such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, ScholarWorks, the Social Science Research Network SSRN, or even as preliminary research papers on their academic research, Gender Bias in Peer Review journals can lead to publication bias and perpetuate gender. inequality in science. Double-blind peer review, in which the names of authors and reviewers are masked, may provide an opportunity for the scientific literature to increase fairness and reduce gender bias. This systematic review of studies, using a mixed methods approach, allows us editorial board members to understand the scientific community's reactions to the initiative of blind review of results and the desire to implement change. Our results suggest that the blind date review process has notable benefits and that the scientific community is open to the initiative of our Blind Date Book Club: led by Peter Benson. With Erin Krakow, Robert Buckley, Faith Wright, Glynis Davies. A Nantucket bookstore owner known for matching others finds a connection with a best-selling author who visits her store.