I am planning to submit my paper to DURID for the first time. 

I would appreciate if you could clarify the following questions on paper submission:

1. On anonymity, I have removed the names and affiliations of authors. However, the method section of my manuscript cites and refers to another paper written by the same authors. Is this acceptable?
2. On novelty, is it possible to submit manuscripts that have been uploaded to arXiv but not published at peer-reviewed journals?

Thank you,

Martin