CITI Training - Peer Review (Rcr -
Basic) Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the primary goal of the peer review process?
A. To promote the reviewer’s reputation.
✔✔B. To ensure the quality, validity, and integrity of research before publication.
C. To help editors save time.
D. To make the journal look prestigious.
Which statement best describes peer review?
✔✔A. A process where experts evaluate another scholar’s work for quality and accuracy.
B. A review of research by the author’s friends.
C. A social media discussion of research.
D. A public comment forum.
When should a reviewer agree to evaluate a manuscript?
✔✔A. When they have the expertise and time to complete it properly.
B. When they want to improve their reputation.
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,C. When the editor is a friend.
D. When they disagree with the topic.
Why must reviewers maintain confidentiality?
A. To hide their identity from editors.
✔✔B. To protect intellectual property and preserve trust in the process.
C. To make the process more secretive.
D. To stop editors from sharing the author’s name.
If a reviewer discovers plagiarism, what is the correct action?
✔✔A. Report the issue privately to the journal editor.
B. Announce it publicly online.
C. Confront the author directly.
D. Ignore it to avoid conflict.
Which of the following is a key ethical duty of reviewers?
A. Sharing the manuscript with colleagues for help.
B. Using the manuscript ideas for personal research.
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, ✔✔C. Providing objective and fair feedback.
D. Refusing to review similar topics again.
What should a reviewer do if they find they cannot meet the deadline?
A. Wait until the editor contacts them.
✔✔B. Inform the editor immediately.
C. Submit incomplete comments.
D. Pass the paper to a student to review.
What type of review hides both reviewer and author identities?
✔✔A. Double-blind review.
B. Single-blind review.
C. Transparent review.
D. Anonymous open review.
A reviewer who knows the author personally should:
A. Review anyway and mention it in the comments.
B. Keep quiet about it.
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Basic) Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the primary goal of the peer review process?
A. To promote the reviewer’s reputation.
✔✔B. To ensure the quality, validity, and integrity of research before publication.
C. To help editors save time.
D. To make the journal look prestigious.
Which statement best describes peer review?
✔✔A. A process where experts evaluate another scholar’s work for quality and accuracy.
B. A review of research by the author’s friends.
C. A social media discussion of research.
D. A public comment forum.
When should a reviewer agree to evaluate a manuscript?
✔✔A. When they have the expertise and time to complete it properly.
B. When they want to improve their reputation.
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,C. When the editor is a friend.
D. When they disagree with the topic.
Why must reviewers maintain confidentiality?
A. To hide their identity from editors.
✔✔B. To protect intellectual property and preserve trust in the process.
C. To make the process more secretive.
D. To stop editors from sharing the author’s name.
If a reviewer discovers plagiarism, what is the correct action?
✔✔A. Report the issue privately to the journal editor.
B. Announce it publicly online.
C. Confront the author directly.
D. Ignore it to avoid conflict.
Which of the following is a key ethical duty of reviewers?
A. Sharing the manuscript with colleagues for help.
B. Using the manuscript ideas for personal research.
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, ✔✔C. Providing objective and fair feedback.
D. Refusing to review similar topics again.
What should a reviewer do if they find they cannot meet the deadline?
A. Wait until the editor contacts them.
✔✔B. Inform the editor immediately.
C. Submit incomplete comments.
D. Pass the paper to a student to review.
What type of review hides both reviewer and author identities?
✔✔A. Double-blind review.
B. Single-blind review.
C. Transparent review.
D. Anonymous open review.
A reviewer who knows the author personally should:
A. Review anyway and mention it in the comments.
B. Keep quiet about it.
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