Could you elaborate what is your point?<p>For example, if 2000 scientists (that may or may not work together) use &quot;Anonymous et al.&quot; name then how anything inside an article will make someone choose a particular scientist&#x27;s papers from a list of papers in a journal?<p>Obviously, if you&#x27;re reading an article; you may recognize the work (science is very specialized: if you understand the article; you&#x27;ll probably recognize the author (the group) even if all references&#x2F;names are removed anyway -- but you need to read the article).<p>The suggestion doesn&#x27;t remove all bias but it can remove some. There is no silver bullet that would make people rational.