Peer review

Wide ranging discussion and debate exists about indicators of research quality. The following resources consider the role of qualitative indicators as a measure to assess the quality and impact of research outcomes.

Resources for finding peer reviewed materials

Peer review is a rigorous academic process of ascertaining the academic or scholarly quality of an original piece of work. It is generally used in the publication process of journal articles, however books and book chapters are increasingly peer reviewed for research quality evaluation purposes. Peer reviewed papers are sometimes referred to as scholarly or refereed articles.

  • Check Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. This authoritative database provides detailed descriptive, indexing and publisher information about more than 300,000 journals, including peer-reviewed and open access titles, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more. Use the Advanced search option to search for journals by subject.
  • Key citation databases provide lists of indexed scholarly journal titles.
    • Master Journal List and journal list for a variety of searchable databases from the Thomson Reuters company.
    • Scopus Journal List, Look for the link to the List of titles to download a comprehensive spreadsheet of journals.
  • Check publisher's policies for information about the submission and publication process. Their webpages and/or documentation will generally provide information regarding the publications peer review status. Ulrich's provides direct links to publishers' websites.
  • Editors or the editorial panel are the final source of information about the peer review status of journals.

Resources for finding academic book publishers



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