What is a Refereed Article?
The following definition is from Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities at http://www.cabells.com/using.aspx#x9 With some exceptions, a refereed article is one that is blind reviewed and has two external reviewers. The blind review requirement and the use of external reviewers are consistent with the research criteria of objectivity and of knowledge. The use of a blind review process means that the author of the manuscript is not made known to the reviewer. With the large number of reviewers and journals, it is also likely that the name of the reviewers for a particular manuscript is not made known to the author. Thus, creating a double blind review process. Since the author and reviewers are frequently unknown, the manuscript is judged on its merits rather than on the reputation of the author and/or the author’s influence on the reviewers. The use of two (2) reviewers permits specialists familiar with research similar to that presented in the paper to judge whether the paper m
