21) D
Look at graph 1 and look for the ‘OVERALL AVERAGE’ bar.
Journals with errors more than average:
- BMC Genomics
- Nucleic acid Res
- Nature Genet
- Genome Biol
- Genome Res
- Genes Dev
- Nature
Number of Papers affected in each of the above journals
- Number of papers affected in BMC Genomics = 158
- Number of papers affected in Nucleic acid Res = 67
- Number of papers affected in Nature Genet = 9
- Number of papers affected in Genome Biol = 63
- Number of papers affected in Genome Res = 68
- Number of papers affected in Genes Dev = 55
- Number of papers affected in Nature = 23
Sum of number of papers affected by these journals:
158 + 67 + 9 + 63 + 68 + 55 + 23 = 443
Total number of papers affected = 704
Percentage = (443 ÷ 704) x 100 = 62.9261 ≈ 63%
So D is the answer.