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peer reviewed

peer reviewed adjective: having been through the peer review process. Also the simple past and past participle of peer review.

Adjective

peer reviewed (not comparable)

  1. Having been through the peer review process.
    • [...] a paper submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal is examined by other scientists in the field [...].2006, National Institute for Literacy, What is Scientifically Based Research?, page 2

Also used as

peer reviewed is also the simple past and past participle of peer review.

Questions about peer reviewed

What does peer reviewed mean?
Peer reviewed means having been through the peer review process.
What part of speech is peer reviewed?
Peer reviewed is an adjective.

Words near peer reviewed in the dictionary

  1. peer pressure
  2. peer pressured
  3. peer pressures
  4. peer pressuring
  5. peer review
  6. peer reviewed
  7. peer reviewing
  8. peer reviews
  9. peer-review
  10. peer-reviewable
  11. peer-reviewed

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