peer reviewnoun [ U or C ]
uk/ˌpɪə rɪˈvjuː/us/ˌpɪr rɪˈvjuː/the process of someone reading, checking, and giving his or her opinion about something that has been written by another scientist or expert working in the same subject area, or a piece of work in which this is done:
All these papers have been published after being subjected to peer review.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- analysis
- appraisal
- assessment
- construction
- critique
- heed
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- press
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- study
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
- value judgment
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peer-review
verb [ T ] uk/ˌpɪə.rɪˈvjuː/us/ˌpɪr#rɪˈvjuː/
The results had been peer-reviewed by five independent scientists in the same field.
peer-reviewed
adjective uk/ˌpɪə.rɪˈvjuːd/us/ˌpɪr#rɪˈvjuːd/
peer-reviewed journals/research/papers