{"id":572,"date":"2018-10-11T14:22:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/?p=572"},"modified":"2018-10-11T14:23:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T18:23:17","slug":"word-of-the-week-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2018\/10\/11\/word-of-the-week-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week! Referee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/10\/referee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-584\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/10\/referee-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/10\/referee-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/10\/referee.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Referee&#8221; sounds simple enough to sports fans, but in academic parlance the term has much the same meaning. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oed.com\/view\/Entry\/160842?isAdvanced=false&amp;result=1&amp;rskey=1n22wk&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The OED<\/a> shows us the common link: many circumstances where a neutral judge or arbiter or official must make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>When one submits work to a refereed (or peer-reviewed) journal, the arbiters are not just the editors of the journal, but a panel of informed professionals in the field. I found the <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.lib.utexas.edu\/lsl\/peer-reviewed-or-refereed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Texas Libraries<\/a> as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.richmond.edu\/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my own campus library<\/a> offer fine guides on this.<\/p>\n<p>The verb &#8220;referee&#8221; is quite similar.<\/p>\n<p>Please nominate a word or metaphor useful in academic writing by e-mailing me (jessid -at- richmond -dot- edu) or leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p>See all of our Words of the Week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/word-of-the-week\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Research_Journals.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia Commons<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Referee&#8221; sounds simple enough to sports fans, but in academic parlance the term has much the same meaning. 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