Peer Review

Question 1

What is peer review

Answer 1

The critical assessment of manuscript submitted to journals by experts who aren’t part of the editorial staff

Question 2

Name three types of journal articles

Answer 2

•Review articles
•clinical article
•research article

Question 3

What is the purpose of a peer review

Answer 3

•to ensure published work has quality, is at high standards and meets the accepted scientific accuracy
•to see relevance if article
•check for cheating
•see presentation of manuscript and if any improvements are needed

Question 4

How can the impact factor be calculated

Answer 4

How many times article has been cited during 2 previous years/ amount of citable articles during 2 years

Question 5

What number is an amazing impact factor

Answer 5

Above four

Question 6

What number is a not good impact factor

Answer 6

Below 4

Question 7

What does open access mean

Answer 7

That you don’t need to pay to read the article

Question 8

What is the advantage of open access

Answer 8

More people will read the article

Question 9

What is the process of peer review

Answer 9

•online manuscript submission
•editor review
•sent to at least 2 reviewers
•recommendations
•revisions are reviewed
Accept or reject

Question 10

What are the reviewers looking for

Answer 10

• title
• abstract
• introduction
• method
• results
• discussion and conclusion

Question 11

What are the limitations of peer review

Answer 11

• not enough reviewers with appropriate experience/specialism
•this is done in your free time meaning it’s unpaid
•conflict of interest
•unconscious bias
•blinded review doesn’t always work