Oakland University Kresge Library Logo
View Item 
  •   DSpace Home
  • Association for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 07 (1989)
  • View Item
  •   DSpace Home
  • Association for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 07 (1989)
  • View Item
  • Login
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

OUR at Oakland

OU Libraries

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Resources

OUR@Oakland FAQsScholarly Communication at OUResearch Data Support at OU

The Loss of Innovation: Peer Review in Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research

Thumbnail

Author


Perper, Timothy

Editor


Bailis, Stanley
Gottlieb, Stephen
Klein, Julie Thompson

Contributor


Perper, Timothy

View/Open


Download (850.6Kb)
02_Vol_7_pp_21_56_The_Loss_of_Innovation_Peer_Review_in_Multi-_and_Interdisciplinary_Research_(Timothy_Perper).pdf

Description


Multi- and interdisciplinary research, processes of synthesizing new questions and paradigms between two or more fields, are particularly sensitive to inept peer reviewing. This is primarily because: a) such science is difficult to evaluate because it is new; b) evaluation of the results is difficult; c) the grant system favors those who write well; and d) scientists and the public believe that funding should depend upon principle of equal access for equal merit. In reviewing multidisciplinary projects, reviewers must assess each investigator's skill in his/ her particular area, as well as determine that the project head has adequate administrative ability. In reviewing interdisciplinary research, each investigator must be evaluated for secondary competence in the other field(s) as well as in his/her primary field. Moreover, reviewers should also possess appropriate secondary competences. Review of interdisciplinary research must, in addition, take into account methodology of the proposal, clarity of ideas expressed, and closeness of the two (or more) fields. Reviewers of multi- and interdisciplinary research play critical roles in the progress of science and must possess well-educated intuition, flexibility, and sensitivity to their simultaneous responsibilities as guardians of competence and innovation.

Citation


Perper, Timothy. "The loss of innovation: Peer review in multi-and interdisciplinary research." Issues in Integrative Studies 7 (1989): 21-56.

Date


1989

URI


http://hdl.handle.net/10323/4039

Collections


  • Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 07 (1989)

Metadata


Show full item record

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
Contact Us | Send Feedback
 

 


DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
Contact Us | Send Feedback