Peer review
Bibliometrics
Definition. Peer review is the evaluation of research by experts in the same field before publication or funding, intended to assess quality, validity and relevance.
Explanation
Peer review faces reviewer fatigue and growing workloads, and proposals to pay reviewers bring both benefits and risks (Silva, 2026). Practical guides help reviewers assess specific study types, such as bibliometric reviews (Hoang, 2025).
Related concepts
Predatory journals Open access Bibliometric analysis Large language models (LLMs)
Read on The Health Topics
- Reviewer Fatigue and the Future of Peer Evaluation
- Evaluating Bibliometrics: A Practical Peer Review Guide
References
Hoang, A.-D. (2025). Evaluating Bibliometrics Reviews: A Practical Guide for Peer Review and Critical Reading. Evaluation Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X251336839
Teixeira da Silva, J. A. (2026). Paying peer reviewers: Benefits, risks, and challenges. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-04969-0
Cite this entry: Kurutkan, M. N. (2026). Peer review. In The Health Topics glossary. https://healthtopic.org/glossary/peer-review/
Articles that discuss this concept
21 articles on The Health Topics mention this concept. Most relevant first.
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- Problems of Bibliometric Analysis: Critical Evaluation and an Annotated List of Problems 6
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- Evaluating Clinical Research Hypotheses: Metrics, Instruments, and Validation 3
- Balancing Quality and Innovation in Journal Review 3
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Bibliometric Analysis Techniques: Methodological Advances and Healthcare Applications (2021–2026) 3
- Evaluating Bibliometrics: A Practical Peer Review Guide 2
- Obligations and Obfuscations in the Review Process 2
- When Journal Editors Sound the Alarm: Safeguarding Quality in Health and Medical Science Information 2
- Research Integrity · Editorial AI · The Other Side of Disclosure 2
- Archaeology of Risk: A Bibliometric Analysis 1