collocation · academic
peer-reviewed journals
UK/pɪəˈrɪvjuːd ˈdʒɜːnəlz/US/pɪrˈrivjuːd ˈdʒɝːnəlz/PEER-RE·viewed JOU·rnals
academic journals in which submitted articles are evaluated by experts in the same field before publication
Examples
“She searched peer-reviewed journals to support her literature review.”
“Findings published in peer-reviewed journals carry more weight in academic debates.”
“Students are taught how to evaluate articles from peer-reviewed journals.”
Band 8 sentence
“For my dissertation I relied almost entirely on peer-reviewed journals to ensure the sources were credible and replicable.”
Collocations
- search peer-reviewed journals
- publish in peer-reviewed journals
Word family
Common mistakes
I used many peers-reviewed journals for my essay.→I used many peer-reviewed journals for my essay.
Articles in peer review journals are reliable.→Articles in peer-reviewed journals are reliable.
Say it for a higher band
5academic journals→6scholarly journals→7+peer-reviewed journals
Synonyms
scholarly journals
Easily confused
scholarly journals
“She prefers to cite peer-reviewed journals, although scholarly journals can include opinion pieces.”
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