drive-by review

Definition

A hostile or superficial peer review that dismisses a manuscript without substantive engagement, often revealing the reviewer spent minimal time or harbors personal bias. These intellectual hit-and-runs frustrate authors and undermine scholarly discourse.

Example Usage

Reviewer 2 gave us another drive-by review: just 'This is not sufficiently rigorous' with no explanation.

Origin

Academic publishing circles, emerged with increased discussion of peer review quality

Fun Fact

Journals are increasingly implementing quality controls for peer review after studies found up to 30% of reviews were perfunctory or unhelpful.

Source: Scholarly publishing and peer review discourse

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