What is peer-review?
Prior to publication, a material is submitted and must be reviewed by at least one expert in the field. - A group of experts in a specific subject review the author's research/scholarly work to ensure its quality and sustainability for publication.
- The peer-review process is considered necessary to ensure academic scientific quality.
- Articles, journals, reports, books, and other content can be considered peer review.
- Scholarly sources that pass the peer-review process are published; if the work does not pass the peer review process then it will not be published as peer-reviewed.
- Dissertations are NOT peer-reviewed.
Adapted from Cascadia University Chicago Nursing Research: Peer Review LibGuide
