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

However, they generally have not completed the peer review process required for publication in a scientific journal.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

However, they have generally not completed the full peer review process required for publication in a scientific journal.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

At its best, peer review improves papers before publication and screens out weak work, but its usefulness depends on the quality and independence of a field’s “expert” reviewers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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

In a world without peer review, texts, in order to convey trustworthiness, reliability and accuracy, had to employ literary devices.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton