First Attempt Fake Peer Reviews Scandal

First Attempt Fake Peer Reviews Scandal

Assessment

Passage

Science

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Nicole Snyder

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was impersonated to write fake peer reviews?

Michael Bertram

Guilherme Malafaia

Martin Enserink

Steve Morton

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which journal was involved in the fake peer review scandal?

Journal of Ecology

Science of the Total Environment

Nature

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many papers had Elsevier retracted by 22 November?

70

47

30

22

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the impact factor of the journal STOTEN?

6.8

9.1

8.2

7.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Guilherme Malafaia claim in his open letter?

He denied writing the reviews

He confessed to using fake emails

He admitted to writing the reviews

He accused Elsevier of misconduct

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team determine about the reviews?

They were fictitious

They were authentic

They were partially correct

They were outdated

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Michael Bertram feel about the impersonation incident?

It was a misunderstanding

It was a common practice

It felt very icky

It was a minor issue

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