Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors.

@article{Budden2008DoubleblindRF,
  title={Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors.},
  author={Amber E. Budden and Tom Tregenza and Lonnie W. Aarssen and Julia Koricheva and Roosa Leimu and Christopher J. Lortie},
  journal={Trends in ecology \& evolution},
  year={2008},
  volume={23 1},
  pages={
          4-6
        }
}
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