Open Scholarship & Scholarly Publishing
Covering various elements of producing and sharing scholarship.
- Open Scholarship & Scholarly Publishing
- News, Research & Tools
- Choosing Your Publisher
- Open Access
- Funding models
- Peer Review
- ORCiD
- Research Impact
- Author rights & agreements
- Repositories & Preprint Servers
Scholarly Communication Librarian

Christine Turner
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Contact:
Scholarly Communication Department
Room 1967
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
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Room 1967
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
What is Peer Review?
Peer review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers expert in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff. The process may vary in scope and execution. Grant proposals, preprints, journal articles, books and conference submissions may all be subjects of peer review, with the goal of building trust in the validity, accuracy and quality of the work.
This video gives an overview of the process of peer review and why it matters in academic research. (North Carolina State University, 2014, 3:15 mins)
The 7 Common Types of Peer Review
Resources
- Open Scholarship & Scholarly Publishing posts on peer reviewNews, research & tools on peer review
- Peer ReviewThe Wikipedia article.
- Peer Review Week YouTube ChannelVidoes covering quality, trust, open review, training & skills, reviewer credentials and more.
- Scholarly Kitchen posts on peer reviewRead what information and scholarly publishing professionals say about peer review.
- Last Updated: Feb 7, 2023 4:13 PM
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