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Peer-Reviewed Literature: Types of Peer Review

Peer Review within Scholarly Publications

Most Common Peer Review Types

Other Types of Peer Review

Transferable Peer Review: journals within a certain discipline may transfer reviewed manuscripts between each other. Editors of one journal may determine a submission does not fit their criteria and transfer it to a subject-related publication. The author is given the final say in reallocating the manuscript. 

Triple Blind Review: anonymity is shared about both the author and the reviewers. After submission, articles are handled in such a way as to minimize all potential bias towards the author. 

Blind Reviews in the Health Sciences

Peer-Reviewed Journals in the health sciences commonly use blind reviews. Blind reviews restrict the identity of the author, reviewers or both so that bias towards a certain study may be reduced. Most health sciences journals will use a single blind review, especially if the data is quantitative. Certain journals may use a double blind review or other approaches if the study is more qualitiative.

Peer Review Types in Popular Resources

In-Depth Peer Review Process

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