peer review
noun
: a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field
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Both groups reported their findings in preprints, which are scientific reports that have not yet been through a journal’s peer review process.
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Megan Molteni and Helen Branswell, STAT, 13 May 2024
The study, a preprint that hasn’t yet been through peer review by a scientific journal, found that tissue from the mammary gland contains abundant receptors of the kind to which avian flu viruses like H5N1 can attach.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 May 2024
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Megan Molteni and Helen Branswell, STAT, 13 May 2024
The study, a preprint that hasn’t yet been through peer review by a scientific journal, found that tissue from the mammary gland contains abundant receptors of the kind to which avian flu viruses like H5N1 can attach.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 May 2024
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“Peer review.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peer%20review. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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