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

As in postpublication peer review, a Peer Review article may address a paper from any scholarly journal so long as it raises concerns about methods, evidence, logic, definitions or theory.

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

That may help at the margins; perhaps peer review will take slightly less time.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

He is surprised the research has passed peer review, questioning the researchers' methodology and their interpretation of the computer system's findings.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Privately held knowledge is not really scientific knowledge at all because it has not survived the test of peer review.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton