"substantive review" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to refer to the process of critically examining something in order to assess its quality or validity. For example, "We conducted a substantive review of the literature to identify trends in the data."
The subject turned to war on the president's terms, without a substantive review of what is being undertaken.
"Each of these decisions was based on a methodical and substantive review of the facts by both internal and external counsel.
This proposal has two possible outcomes: either the court shifts its resources in order to conduct an effective qualitative analysis of the decision made at a domestic level (which would slow down its work significantly) or it adopts a twin-track approach, excluding cases which are now admissible without any significant degree of substantive review.
There is one aspect of SPD-related research, though, which despite its great importance has not been covered by any substantive review, viz. the modelling and simulation work.
The review updates a previous substantive review conducted by the author, with an emphasis placed on changes occurring over the last six years, making reference to the earlier investigation to explain historical trends.
One of the approaches to DIF detection is the traditional, exploratory approach which is conducted in two steps: statistical identification of items that favour particular groups followed by a substantive review of potentially biased items to locate the sources of DIF (Gierl, 2005).
"Some of the best film writing and most substantive reviews are found online," said Michael Moses, executive vice president of national publicity for Universal.
The selective nature of this community has worked in its advantage, encouraging largely positive, substantive reviews, with 60% of the reviews touting a 5-star rating (the highest mark).
As in the case of Substantive Reviews, we encourage identification of research gaps and recommendations.
Other substantive reviews that deal with desmosomes and their role in other human diseases are available (Getsios et al, 2004; Kottke et al, 2006).
Please note that the journal now has three categories of review papers: Substantive Reviews provide an overview, integration of information, and critical analysis of a particular field, research, or theme related to environmental health sciences.
