From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:55:01 -0400

Any reactions to the underlying premise (that knowing results
increases publication bias)?

How big a pilot would be needed to test the premise?

"Results-free peer review is getting its day in court, thanks to BMC
Psychology, an open-access journal that is launching the first-ever
randomized controlled trial of the process. Results-free peer review
puts manuscripts before reviewers without divulging results or
discussion sections until the end of the process. In theory, this
alteration to traditional peer review decreases publication bias by
forcing reviewers to focus solely on methodology and approach to an
experimental question."

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/47081/title/Reviewing-Results-Free-Manuscripts/