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

Scientific research infrastructure faces unprecedented threats through ideological interference in grant-making processes, where political considerations now override professional peer review.

From Los Angeles Times

But the authors of the rebuttal say the report misrepresents evidence, relies on discredited research and fails to follow the peer review process typically expected of rigorous scientific assessments, among other concerns.

From Los Angeles Times

UCB says its studies were unbiased, underwent independent peer review, and that authors who were its employees, or who it had prior affiliations with, fully complied with guidelines on disclosing conflicts of interest.

From BBC

The groups charged the agency with a lack of impartiality and transparency, a slow process and limited peer review.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the authors of that critique was David Matuskey, who said some of his co-authors were shocked that Moncrieff’s article had made it through peer review into Nature’s distinguished pages.

From Salon