A nurse researcher submitted an article to a refereed journal. The article will undergo a blind review. What should the researcher expect?
1. Reviewers will sign their comments associated with the review and will return them to the author.
2. The reviewers may or may not be experts in the subject of the article.
3. Reviewers will be unaware of who wrote the article.
4. This group will make the final decision about when the article is ready for publication.
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Rationale 1: Reviewers sign their comments in an open review. These comments may be published along with the article.
Rationale 2: Because this is a refereed journal, the reviewers will be experts on the subject of the article.
Rationale 3: A blind review occurs when the reviewers are not told who wrote the article
Rationale 4: The final decision about all aspects of publishing an article is made by the journal editor.
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