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What does "Peer Reviewed" mean?

DiscoverEd records are marked as Peer Reviewed if they are published in a journal marked as Refereed/Peer-Reviewed in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory which is a source of bibliographic and publisher information about serials.

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The peer review or referee process "refers to the system of critical evaluation of manuscripts/articles by professional colleagues or peers (also called referees)" to which journal publishers subject submitted articles before accepting them for publication.

Full definition of how Ulrich's Periodicals Directory the peer review or referee process from Ulrichsweb: Glossary of Terms