21-05-2023, 02:51 PM
"Peer review" generally means that a publisher or journal is interested in publishing the piece or book but sends it to subject experts for review before making their decision. The most dependable peer review is anonymous - that is, the author doesn't know who is doing the review, and the reviewer doesn't know who the author is. So the first step is to submit it to a journal or publisher to gauge their interest. Publisher and journal websites always include instructions for submitting your work. They may reject it outright, or they may decide to send it to outside reviewers for feedback. It can take multiple rounds of review and revision before acceptance, and/or multiple submissions to multiple publishers/journals. However, you should NOT submit to multiple places simultaneously. It takes time and patience, and you really need to listen to the feedback you may get from the anonymous reviewers. One of the points of peer review is to help you make your work better before publication.
Self-publishing is an easy way to get your work out there, as Cheshire has done, but without the imprimateur of pre-print peer review, readers have no way of knowing if the work is dependable. You have to decide if you are willing to make that tradeoff.
I'll also add that peer review doesn't automatically mean the published work is going to be accepted by readers. But it's an important first step, and without it, readers have no way to know how dependable the work is.
Self-publishing is an easy way to get your work out there, as Cheshire has done, but without the imprimateur of pre-print peer review, readers have no way of knowing if the work is dependable. You have to decide if you are willing to make that tradeoff.
I'll also add that peer review doesn't automatically mean the published work is going to be accepted by readers. But it's an important first step, and without it, readers have no way to know how dependable the work is.