On 06/04/2013 10:02 AM, Tom Callaway wrote:
On 06/04/2013 09:55 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
What's even weirder is that some folks are explicitly mentioned (such as
Jon Masters) in the descriptions, so the playing field isn't actually
that levelled after all?
Only people who refer to themselves by name in their own abstracts (or
describe themselves in such a way that it is obvious who they are) ended
up like this. We honestly didn't think that was going to happen.
This was an experiment. If it doesn't work, we don't have to do it again.
In general, it's not surprising that the author often could be divined
from the abstract---after all, they are going to talk about their own
project (e.g. Lennart on systemd, Ajax on X driver infrastructure, Dan
Walsh on SELinux, etc). There just doesn't seem to be a way to avoid
that, and besides, past reputation does predict future performance. It's
for the editorial board to implement a diversity policy by inviting the
young'uns, if they wish so.
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