Peer Review.

Question 1

What is peer review?

Answer 1

-the assessment of scientific work by experts in the same field to ensure that all research intended to eventually be published is of a high quality before being published in journals

Question 2

the peer review process

Answer 2

-firstly a researcher would conduct a study and write up their results
-theses results would then be sent to a journal editor who would send out the research out for peer review
-peer reviewers read the article and provide feedback to the editor
-the researchers would then be sent reviewer comments and may revise and resubmit their article for further review
-once the article meets editorial and peer standards it is published in a journal
-if an article does not maintain sufficiently high scientific standards, it may be rejected at this point

Question 3

what does the peer reviewer check for

Answer 3

-check for originality
-check for plagerism

Question 4

3 main aims of peer review

Answer 4

-to assess the quality and relevance of the research
-to suggest amendments or improvements before publication
-to allocate research funding

Question 5

ways of doing a peer review

Answer 5

-single blind
-double blind
-open blind

Question 6

single blind

Answer 6

this is when reviews names are kept anonymous however the researchers names are released to reviewers

Question 7

strength of using single blind

Answer 7

-reviewers are more likely to be honest = no bias feedback is given to the researchers=high quality research is published

Question 8

disadvantages of using single blind