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
peer-review transitive verb

Examples of peer review in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The team plans to publish the work in a scientific journal, but the research hasn’t yet undergone peer review. Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024 Despite receiving several favorable peer reviews on a paper submitted to a scientific journal, group leaders told me, the journal’s editor summarily rejected it. Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Nightshade is still under peer review, though the team behind it intends to present it at a conference in May. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024 That’s called peer review, and its absence is the real problem here. David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024 Before publication, scientific journals consider submissions and send them to outside researchers in the field for vetting and to spot errors or faulty reasoning, which is called peer review. Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024 Increasingly, in a B2B context, peer reviews may eclipse both. Jennifer Chase, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 Some may intentionally falsify data, knowing that the process of peer review — when a journal sends a manuscript to experts for comments — is unlikely to catch fakery. Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Europe, 26 Jan. 2024 In all, Sage had two subject-matter experts start a fresh peer review for all three of the studies and concluded they should all be retracted. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of peer review was in 1969

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“Peer review.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peer%20review. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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