In a twist of irony, this paper itself is not anonymous.<p>Jokes aside, while many suggestions and rationale for them make sense, I wonder how it is going to be implemented in practice. Many scientific areas are narrow enough for people &quot;in the know&quot; to figure out who the author is.<p>I use authors&#x27; names all the time to see what else they published, if I need some more information on the topic.<p>It may be useful to enforce anonymity for the submission process but once accepted, publish it with names.