Peer review refers to the evaluation of scholarly outputs (articles, books, preprints, etc) by others working in the same field. Reviewers inspect research quality and originality, data validity, and author conclusions in order to provide a "stamp of approval" from the research community for the work under review.
The most common methods of peer review are:
Triple blind (reviewer, author(s), and editor are anonymous) and Collaborative review (authors and reviewers interact in real time through software) also exist, but they are problematic so uncommon.
The concept of "open peer review" is an umbrella term for the many ways that models of peer review can be adapted to adhere to Open Science aims (see this systematic review). These include making reviewer and author identities open, publishing review reports, and encouraging diverse, equitable, and inclusive participation in the peer review process.
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