WorksheetsPeer Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is a peer review?
A system for writers to submit for publishing
A system for checking research papers before publishing
A system for publishers to submit writing
Why is peer review used?
To check spelling and grammar
To check relevancy
To check quality and validity
To check for uses
Who does the peer review?
Independent experts
Colleagues of the researcher
Publisher employees
Random people interested in the study
What is the first stage?
The writer creates a draft
The research is established
An experiment is conducted
A researcher writes up his research in a standard format and sends it to an editor
What is the second stage?
If the editor is interested, they will read it themselves and see if it is print worthy
If the editor is interested, they send it to several experts, who will review it.
If the editor is interested, they will get someone to write a similar article to compare it too
What do the reviewers assess?
Clarity, accuracy, appropriateness, methodology and theoretical basis
Evidence of previous research
Evidence of prior knowledge
Evidence of multiple authors
What happens after the reviewers assess the paper?
They send it to the author
They send it to the publishers for printing
They add their own research
They send it back to the editor with suggestions
What does the editor do after they receive the suggestions?
Send them to the researcher
Send them to the publisher
Send them to other peers for more peer review
What happens after the researcher receives the suggestions?
They use the suggestions and re-do the paper
They edit the paper according to the suggestions
They either agree or dispute the edits
They ask for the reviewers name and contact to discuss it with them
What is a limitation of peer review -relating to lack of experts?
If there are no experts peer review does not happen.
If there are no experts then the finding automatically become invalid
If the review doesn't fully understand it they could leave errors
