peer review

American  

noun

peer reviews plural

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

Derived Forms

• peer-reviewed
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• peer reviews
  plural

Etymology

Origin of peer review

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

peer review

The work was presented as a scientific meeting abstract, meaning it has not yet undergone peer review or been published as a full journal paper.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

In one study, currently under peer review, we found that clumps of imprints behave just like dark matter, an unknown substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

When those pressures capture journals or entire fields, peer review can become less a filter for error than a credentialing system for fashionable nonsense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Modern prepublication peer review became common in the mid-20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

“I thought they went on peer review and so on.”

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman