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

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

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

There are other reforms worth testing: more open peer review, better data availability checks, and stronger triage to screen out low-quality submissions before they consume reviewer 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

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