Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A reviewer's ORCID record showing 30 reviews for a named journal over five years
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Informally reading a colleague's draft over lunch is feedback, not formal peer review in the creditable sense
Editorial commentary
Peer review is increasingly recognised as a creditable contribution through ORCID review records, Publons-style platforms, journal-issued reviewer credit, and open peer review. CASRAI has long documented peer-review activity types. Disclosure conventions vary from fully anonymous to open and named.
References
- NISO Peer Review Terminology Recommended Practice (NISO RP-29-2024)
- ORCID Peer Review Records documentation
Also known as
Reviewer credit · Refereeing
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
vocab-term="Peer reviewer contribution"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/peer-reviewer-contribution" />json
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"url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/peer-reviewer-contribution",
"sameAs": [
"Reviewer credit",
"Refereeing"
],
"license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}
