Paper 2026/888 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2026/888 ↗
BlindReview: Anonymous and End-to-End Verifiable Peer Review
Abstract
We introduce BlindReview, an anonymous and end-to-end verifiable peer review system that cryptographically guarantees both privacy and auditability throughout the reviewing process. We formally define these security properties and provide rigorous proofs that BlindReview satisfies them. We also present an implementation demonstrating our protocol’s practicality. This work serves as a foundation for verifiable and privacy-preserving peer review, offering a concrete solution to enhance transparency and reduce bias in the academic peer review process.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Cryptographic protocols
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2026-05-06: last updated
- 2026-05-06: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2026/888
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2026/888,
author = {Xavier Bultel and Ashley Fraser and Elizabeth A. Quaglia},
title = {BlindReview: Anonymous and End-to-End Verifiable Peer Review},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2026/888},
year = {2026},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/888}
}