peer review

noun

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

peer review

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• peer-reviewed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of peer review¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The research by authors from Spain, Brazil and Mozambique was submitted Monday to The Lancet Global Health and is awaiting peer review.

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The results, which are now under peer review, are indeed fascinating.

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It was hosted on arXiv, a popular site for research papers that have yet to be peer reviewed.

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The topline results are to be released at the European Society for Medical Oncology congress in Berlin, but the full details have yet to be published in a peer reviewed journal.

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It is designed to make data both reusable and properly credited by combining all essential steps -- curation, compliance checks, AI-ready formatting, peer review, an interactive portal, certification, and permanent hosting -- into one seamless process.

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