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What constitutes appropriate peer review for interdisciplinary research?

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  • Gabriele Bammer

    (Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)

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How can interdisciplinary research proposals be more effectively assessed through peer review? A key issue is to characterize what constitutes appropriate peer review for interdisciplinary research. This is approached by considering four key elements on which evaluations of funding proposals are based: (1) the significance of the topic, (2) the importance and tractability of the research question, (3) the appropriateness of the methods and (4) the competence of the applicants, based on track record. Two major differences between disciplinary and interdisciplinary research emerge: (1) the unknowns that form the basis of research questions and (2) the methods employed. For peer review of interdisciplinary research proposals to become more effective, agreed criteria for assessment by peer review are required and this will only occur if interdisciplinarity is “organized” through colleges of peers and professional associations. This article is published as part of a collection on interdisciplinarity.

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  • Gabriele Bammer, 2016. "What constitutes appropriate peer review for interdisciplinary research?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 2(1), pages 1-5, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:2:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1057_palcomms.2016.17
    DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.17
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    1. Gabriele Bammer, 2017. "Should we discipline interdisciplinarity?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 3(1), pages 1-4, December.
    2. Vuong, Quan-Hoang, 2017. "Open data, open review and open dialogue in making social sciences plausible," OSF Preprints du8tj, Center for Open Science.
    3. Bammer, Gabriele, 2018. "Strengthening community operational research through exchange of tools and strategic alliances," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 268(3), pages 1168-1177.

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