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peer review

American

noun

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

peer review British

noun

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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peer-reviewed

adjective

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peer reviews

plural

Etymology

Origin of peer review

First recorded in 1970–75

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peer review

Authority board members and an outside peer review group also have questioned decisions and expenditures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The study was released on a preprint server and is still undergoing the process of peer review.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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

The work was presented as a scientific meeting abstract, meaning it has not yet undergone peer review or been published as a full journal paper.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 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

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