{"id":5411,"date":"2017-09-14T06:33:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/7-common-types-of-academic-peer-review\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:19:49","slug":"7-common-types-of-academic-peer-review","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/7-common-types-of-academic-peer-review","title":{"rendered":"7 Common types of academic peer review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-is-peer-review-the-basics-and-guidelines-for-authors\">Peer review<\/a> is the evaluation of scientific or academic work conducted by experts from a particular field. It is an integral part of the publication process and helps journals to publish only those articles that are consistent with their scope and quality standards. Every journal follows a different peer review process based on its approach and philosophy. Peer review has evolved over time and various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-are-the-types-of-peer-review\">different forms of peer review<\/a> are being used in the scholarly publishing industry today. This infographic lists and briefly explains the most common types of peer review used today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feel free to download a PDF version of this infographic and print it out as handy reference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive\" title=\"7 Common types of peer review\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/7%20Common%20types%20of%20peer%20review_0.png\" alt=\"7 Common types of peer review\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%225290%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%227%20Common%20types%20of%20peer%20review%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%227%20Common%20types%20of%20peer%20review%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%20%5C%22%5C%22types%20of%20peer%20review%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>You might also be interested in reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-is-peer-review\">What is peer review?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-are-the-types-of-peer-review\">What are the types of peer review?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2394],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5411","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basics-of-peer-review"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>7 Common types of peer review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peer review as we know it today has evolved through the years to accommodate different journals&#039; management styles as well as the increasing volume of journal submissions. 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