peer review

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Alternative forms

 * (much less frequent)

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: avaluació d'experts, revisió d'experts
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 同行評審, 同行评议, 同行評議, 同行審查
 * Danish: fagfællebedømmelse
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Peer-Review, Kreuzgutachten
 * Hungarian: szakértői értékelés/bírálat, szakmai lektorálás
 * Irish: athbhreithniú piaraí, próiseas athbhreithnithe piaraí, piarmheasúnú
 * Italian: revisione paritaria
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 동료 평가
 * Maori: arotake aropā
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: стручна рецензија
 * Roman: stručna recenzija
 * Spanish: revisión por pares
 * Swedish: referentgranskning, expertgranskning, kollegial granskning, kollegial utvärdering, fackgranskning, refereegranskning, sakkunnigbedömning, sakkunniggranskning
 * Welsh: adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

Verb

 * 1) 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, and/or written discussion of such.