{"id":104,"date":"2021-06-08T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/openubcpub\/chapter\/peer-review-open-ubc\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:00:51","slug":"peer-review-open-ubc","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/openubcpub\/chapter\/peer-review-open-ubc\/","title":{"raw":"Peer Review","rendered":"Peer Review"},"content":{"raw":"<\/a>[pb_glossary id=\"819\"]Peer review[\/pb_glossary] is the process in which subject experts read through content and provide critical feedback and suggestions to improve the resource for its intended audience. It can take place at many stages in the publishing process. When we speak about peer review, we are typically talking about review that takes place before your book is published or officially released. However, peer review can also take place after the book is released \u2013 called [pb_glossary id=\"820\"]post-publication peer review[\/pb_glossary].\r\n\r\nPeer review is invaluable for ensuring the quality of educational content, and is integral to the production of open texts, just as it is for scholarly monographs and journals. Its presence signals that the work has passed through rigorous quality control and that the content is suitable for use in the classroom.\r\n\r\nThis is especially significant when working with OER, as the quality, comprehensiveness, clarity, and currency of open texts and OER is often called into question. OER, due to their low-cost nature and ease of creation\/publication, is mistakenly perceived as low-quality. Peer review is important to dispel these notions and to encourage wider use and adoption of the book \u2013 which is ultimately the goal of most projects. Not only does it give a public indicator of quality to potential adopters, but it also provides you with a feeling of security that the content developed is in keeping with the expertise within the field. Peer review is fundamentally a means for you to receive valuable feedback on your text's content and make it stronger. It\u2019s a chance for you to share your book with subject experts and ensure that the content is appropriate, accurate, and adequately covers the material.\r\n
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Developing a Peer Review Process<\/span><\/h2>\r\nIdentifying who and how to get your open text peer-reviewed can be a challenge. OER are published outside of the traditional publishing framework. Publishers often have identified scholars with relevant expertise in a variety of fields to call upon for peer review for potential publications.\u00a0 For open text peer review, you will need to work to develop a peer review process and identify reviewers for your text.<\r\n\r\nWhen asking colleagues to peer review your work you want to be specific in the feedback you are hoping to receive.\u00a0 Editorial feedback should be considered separately from [pb_glossary id=\"900\"]subject matter expert[\/pb_glossary] (SME) feedback.\u00a0 Developing questions to guide the SME will be useful in both getting feedback that is specific to your needs and saving the time of your peer reviewers.\r\n\r\nLike other textbook tasks, providing your SME with clear expectations will make this phase of the writing project smoother. It will also save your SME time and frustration. Here are some suggestions:\r\n