Gender and anonymous peer review

Traditional routes to academic publication are currently under attack as publishers and authors seek quicker ways to reach larger audiences. Double-blind peer review is seen by some as a process that slows and narrows the sharing of knowledge, while others value the level playing-ground that anonymity ensures. This paper explores the impact of different methods of procuring and reviewing architectural research for publication in scholarly journals. It maps the proportion of male and female contributors to eight anglophone journals of high repute and speculates on the results.