Rachel Suppok, Research and Instruction Librarian, rachel.suppok@pitt.edu
The Oxford English Dictionary defines peer review as: "The process by which an academic journal passes a paper submitted for publication to independent experts for comments on its suitability and worth; refereeing."
This video provides a concise summary of the peer review process.
For more about peer review, you can visit the peer review page of HSLS's Scholarly Communication guide.
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Peer Reviewed or Scholarly Journals |
Trade Journals | Popular Magazines |
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| Audience | Researchers, students and professionals | Members of an industry or profession | General public |
| Content | Research projects, reviews of the literature | Trends in profession/industry | General interest |
| Reviewers | Peer reviewers | Editorial review | Editorial review |
| Authority | Articles contain references | Occasional bibliographies | Often lack references |
| Example(s) | Journal of Dental Hygiene | Access Magazine | Time, Glamour |
Narrative literature review articles provide knowledge on a broad topic. Though these reviews provide analysis, the source and selection of references and studies have the potential to be biased. They do not ask or answer a specific research question. They tend to be qualitative.
The Cochrane Library defines a systematic review as such:
"A systematic review attempts to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. Researchers conducting systematic reviews use explicit, systematic methods that are selected with a view aimed at minimizing bias, to produce more reliable findings to inform decision making."
A meta-analysis is a subset of systematic review. It takes data from each individual study and pools them together and evaluates the data quantitatively.
Videos on systematic reviews and meta-analysis:
Getting started with academic writing can be hard, but there are a lot of helpful resources out there! Here are just a few of those:
The American Dental Association provides information about the National Dental Hygiene Board Examination.
Clinical Examinations from the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments are required.
The American Dental Hygienists Association provides an overview of requirements for licensure by state as well as links to each state's dental board's website.
The American Dental Association provides information about the Dental Licensure Objective Structured Clinical Examination (DLOSCE) and the Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE).
States vary in their licensure requirements; the ADA also provides a Dental Licensure Dashboard for U.S. states and territories.
Note: The NBDE Parts I and II are no longer available; they have been replaced by the INBDE.