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Medical Research Agent Skills: Blind Review Sanitizer


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If you want to explore more about this skill—including Complete Workflow Example, Common Patterns, Quality Checklist, Common Pitfalls, Troubleshooting, References, and more—please visit this page: Blind Review Sanitizer.

What is Blind Review Sanitizer?

Automatically anonymize academic manuscripts for double-blind peer review by removing author identifiers, institutional affiliations, acknowledgments, and excessive self-citations while preserving document formatting and scholarly content integrity.

What Are The Key Capabilities of This Agent Skill?

  • Author Identity Removal​: Automatically detect and redact author names, institutional affiliations, and contact information using pattern matching and customizable rules
  • Acknowledgment Section Sanitization​: Identify and remove or flag acknowledgment sections that may reveal author identity through funding sources or personal thanks
  • Self-Citation Detection and Neutralization​: Identify first-person citations and excessive self-references that could deanonymize the submission
  • Multi-Format Document Support​: Process DOCX, Markdown, and plain text files with format-aware sanitization strategies
  • Audit Trail Generation​: Create detailed logs of all redactions made for verification and transparency

Limitations and Considerations

Important Limitations:

  1. Not Foolproof​: Automated sanitization cannot guarantee complete anonymity. Always perform manual verification.
  2. Context Blindness​: Pattern matching may miss context-dependent identifiers or incorrectly flag legitimate content.
  3. Image Processing​: This tool processes text only. Images, figures, and embedded objects may contain identifying information not detected.
  4. LaTeX Support​: Limited support for LaTeX source files. Consider using LaTeX-specific tools for LaTeX manuscripts.
  5. Language Support​: Optimized for English and Chinese. Other languages may have reduced accuracy.

Ethical and Legal Considerations:

  • Author Consent​: Ensure all authors consent to anonymization before submission
  • Copyright​: Anonymization does not change copyright ownership
  • Data Availability​: Some journals require non-anonymized versions for data/code availability statements
  • Post-Acceptance​: Plan for deanonymization process after paper acceptance

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