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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The Czech researchers published their study as a preprint, ahead of peer review.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Today, reviewers at the FDA rely on raw data for their drug approvals, not the questionable thumbs-up of journals’ peer review.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
In work that is pending peer review, my team focused on one major gene that lost rhythmicity in patients with opioid addiction: NPAS2.
—Mackenzie Gamble, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Benedetto says some fraudulent authors are making up the names and websites of reviewers, so their articles get accepted without undergoing peer review.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Today, reviewers at the FDA rely on raw data for their drug approvals, not the questionable thumbs-up of journals’ peer review.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
In work that is pending peer review, my team focused on one major gene that lost rhythmicity in patients with opioid addiction: NPAS2.
—Mackenzie Gamble, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Benedetto says some fraudulent authors are making up the names and websites of reviewers, so their articles get accepted without undergoing peer review.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Peer review.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peer%20review. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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