The peer review process is intended to help the author of an article better their work before it is submitted to the public. Basically, individuals who work in the same field will read the author’s work very closely and offer suggestions/critiques/ways to enhance the work before it is published. The author can then use this feedback to revise their work. The benefit of this process is that peers are able to look at the work with “fresh eyes” and catch anything that may not make sense to the public before the author publishes the work. The downside is that peers will typically have the same knowledge set as the author so they may not realize that certain terms/topics are too technical for the general public to understand.
