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

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The Czech researchers published their study as a preprint, ahead of peer review. 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 See All Example Sentences for peer review

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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 27 Feb. 2025.

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