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'''Peer review''' is intended to catch subtle errors in scientific work, although it can also be used to cover up such errors.

'''Peer review''' is a usually anonymous process of checking scientific papers before they are accepted for publication. Ordinarily, this process will catch subtle errors in scientific work. When the stakes are high, however, it is easy to abuse the process.

prepublication review by others in the same profession.

Normally, a journal editor receives an article submission and then sends it out to some readers (referees) who have some expertise regarding the article’s subject. These are usually selected from a pool of people who already published in that journal, and sometimes journals ask authors for suggestions for referees. In '''anonymous peer review''' the journal editor removes the names of reviewers from their comments before passing them to the authors.

Normally, a journal editor receives an article submission and then sends it out to some readers (referees) who have some expertise regarding the article’s subject. These are usually selected from a pool of people who already published in that journal, and sometimes journals ask authors for suggestions for referees. In '''anonymous peer review''' the journal editor removes the names of reviewers from their comments before passing them to the authors.