If you ever read a popular science article that
references papers, you’ll often see the phrase “peer-reviewed” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_review) Scientists typically only trust peer-reviewed
papers, but sometimes the public will accept papers that haven’t been
peer-reviewed. With the internet, any yahoo can post an article online. So what does this phrase mean?
Peer Review is the process by which scientific
papers get accepted and how the scientific community works in general. Basically, your
work isn't accepted until your peers agree with you.
