volunpeer

plural volunpeers

1. neologismA skilled volunteer working at a professional level.

   Ferriter shows her respect for the volunteers when she refers to them as “volunpeers.” Ferriter said, “‘Volunpeers’ indicates the ways unit administrators and Smithsonian staff experience the TC along with volunteers.[…]”

   2016 December 21, Mike Ashenfelder, ““Volun-peers” Help Liberate Smithsonian Digital Collections”, in The Signal

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   After they have registered on JMB’s homepage, reviewers, or “Volunpeers” are alerted to new manuscripts matching their expertise (and only when this is the case). If they see something they like, the Volunpeers can respond to “book” the article for their review.

   2018 January 9, Christopher Tancock, “Innovation in peer review: introducing “volunpeers””, in Elsevier Connect