peer review

American  

noun

1. evaluation of a person's work or performance by a group of people in the same occupation, profession, or industry.

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peer review British  

noun

1. the evaluation by fellow specialists of research that someone has done in order to assess its suitability for publication or further development

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Other Word Forms

• peer-reviewed adjective

Etymology

Origin of peer review

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

An assistant professor in data visualization at Linköping University in Sweden, Besançon began investigating COVID-related research after noticing hundreds of papers were published as peer reviewed only a day after being submitted.

From Salon

Published in the peer reviewed journal Nutrients, the analysis brings together more than two decades of research on pecans.

From Science Daily

Their findings were published in the journal JNeurosci, a peer reviewed neuroscience journal that focuses on how the brain supports thinking and behavior.

From Science Daily

A new peer reviewed study is challenging one of the most widely shared claims about Yellowstone's wolves.

From Science Daily

It also recommends the university's next regular external peer review takes place one year sooner than planned.

From BBC