peer review
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peer review
noun peer reviews · peer-review
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The scholarly process whereby manuscripts intended to be published in an academic journal are reviewed by independent researchers (referees) to evaluate the contribution, i.e. the importance, novelty and accuracy of the manuscript's contents.
Peer review […] happens in two ways. In one method, a paper submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal is examined by other scientists in the field before an editor (usually an expert in the field) passes judgment on it. The second method is review by an independent panel of experts who, u
Similar: refereeing
verb peer reviews · peer reviewing · peer reviewed · peer-review
- To review before publication, as by an authority or authorities in the pertinent field of study, of the written form of an idea, hypothesis, theory, or written discussion of such. Three drafts of his report were peer-reviewed before it was accepted for publication.
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noun scholarly process
| Español | revisión por pares, revisación por congéneres, revisada por coetáneos, evaluación por coevos |
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| 한국어 | 동료 평가 dongnyo pyeongga |
| 日本語 | 査読 sadoku |
| 中文 | 同儕審查 /同侪审查 tóngchái shěnchá, 同行評審 /同行评审, 同行评议 tóngháng píngshěn, 同行評議 /同行评议 tóngháng píngyì, 同行審查 /同行审查 tóngháng shěnchá |
| Português | revisão por pares |
| Français | évaluation par les pairs |
| Deutsch | Peer-Review, Kreuzgutachten |
| Italiano | revisione paritaria |
| Русский | рецензи́рование recenzírovanije |
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