If you are submitting your manuscript via an online submission system, or as an email attachment,
you should send two separate files, one with details of the author(s), and one without.
In text, you can replace any information that would identify the author(s) by substituting words such as:
[name deleted to maintain the integrity of the review process].
Do not mention a grant awarded to a named person. (This information can be added later.)
Do not add any running headers or footers that would identify authors.
Refer to your own references in the third person. For example, write "Smith and Black (2007)
have demonstrated", not "We have previously demonstrated (Smith & Black, 2007)".
Check that all identifiers have been removed from electronic files, for example,