Peer Review is a formal process by which an author of a scholarly paper submits their paper to an academic journal which then sends their work to be reviewed by other experts in their field of research. The author receives their feedback, makes edits, and resubmits the paper to get it published in the journal. The editor of the journal then decides whether or not to publish it. This process ensures that articles published in academic journals meet standards of credibility and relevance. A peer reviewed paper is confirmed to contains results based on well-designed scientific studies that build and add to existing research in the field.

Scholarship is a conversation amongst all the worlds' scholars, and peer review is one of the ways we continue that conversation.

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In the library catalog, peer reviewed articles are identified in their item records with this label: