What is peer reviewed research?

Peer review has been defined as a process of subjecting an author’s scholarly work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Within the scientific community, peer review has become an essential component of the academic writing process.

What are the advantages of peer review?

Peer review builds student investment in writing and helps students understand the relationship between their writing and their coursework in ways that undergraduates sometimes overlook. It forces students to engage with writing and encourages the self-reflexivity that fosters critical thinking skills.

What does peer to peer mean in medical terms?

The peer-to-peer (P2P) process is a particularly abhorrent chore for physicians. P2P is an opportunity for the attending physician (or sometimes, the consulting physician) caring for the patient to verbally duke it out with the insurance plan’s medical director about why inpatient status is appropriate.

How reliable is peer review?

Some reviewers did not spot any, and most reviewers spotted only about a quarter. Peer review sometimes picks up fraud by chance, but generally it is not a reliable method for detecting fraud because it works on trust.

What means peer review?

Peer-reviewed (refereed or scholarly) journals – Articles are written by experts and are reviewed by several other experts in the field before the article is published in the journal in order to ensure the article’s quality. (The article is more likely to be scientifically valid, reach reasonable conclusions, etc.)