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This commentary reveals how anonymization may suppress critical scholarship, highlighting issues in peer review practices.
The timeline of manuscript rejection for "Non-Mainstream Scientific Viewpoints in Microwave Absorption Research: Peer Review, Academic Integrity, and Cargo Cult Science" by Minerva (Appendix) reveals a concerning pattern of how anonymization requirements are being weaponized to suppress critical scholarship. While double-blind peer review was originally designed to prevent author bias and institutional bias, this case demonstrates how such procedures have become tools for academic gatekeeping against manuscripts that challenge mainstream perspectives.
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