peer review

noun

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

peer review

noun

1. the evaluation by fellow specialists of research that someone has done in order to assess its suitability for publication or further development

Derived Forms

• ˌpeer-reˈviewed, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of peer review¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The research, which has yet to go through peer review, uses several lines of evidence to reconstruct when the virus first arrived in the city, how quickly it spread, and where it ended up over the following months.

From Popular-Science

Her research, which repurposes tissue from primates used in vaccine tests, is undergoing peer review.

From Washington Post

So you have to do peer review not sequentially … but in parallel.

From Quanta Magazine

The study released Monday, before peer review, suggests the Moderna vaccine will probably protect against variants first detected in Britain and South Africa.

From Washington Post

The study was released ahead of publication and peer review.

From Fortune

Notice how he says it is Gore who rejects “openness” and “peer review.”

From The Daily Beast

Now Gore stands alone in his dismissal of reform, openness, transparency and peer-review to ensure good science.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, all reputable journals undergo peer-review of all submitted papers before final publication.

From The Daily Beast

Peer review acts as something of a check on this, of course.

From The Daily Beast

No one ever writes a review of a book and puts it up for peer review.

From The Daily Beast