Peer review of a journal article is "the evaluation by fellow specialists of research that someone has done in order to assess its suitability for publication or further development."
Before articles are published, specialists in the subject area review the article to ensure quality and accuracy. This is usually done as a "blind" process, e.g. the reviewer does not know the identity of the author and vice versa. Often the reviewer will send the author notes for revisions before the article can be published. Sometimes articles are rejected by the peer reviewers if they don't meet the standards of the journal.
Peer review. (2014). In Collins Dictionaries (Ed.), Collins English Dictionary (12th ed.). London, UK: Collins.
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