Interdisciplinary peer review

Interdisciplinary Peer Review (IPR) is a specific term applied to a peer review process with an additional focus outside of the area of the author's subject of expertise. Disciplines such as Telecommunications, Political Science, Engineering, and Medicine require specific subject matter expertise, however, they still cross multiple disciplines and may require review from many alternate functional areas to achieve maximum perspective to prevent duplication or improper publication. Reviews of this nature may also cross cultures, race, and other demographic perspectives to gain perspective.

Reduplication and Interdisciplinarity

In Peer Commentary on Peer Review: A case study in scientific quality control, Stevan R. Harnard (p. 15) begins to touch on the concept by asking how well does the review process work and what prevents re-duplication. Julie Klein defined interdisciplinarity as new divisions of intellectual labor, collaborative research, team teaching, hybrid fields, comparative studies, increased borrowing across disciplines, and a variety of unified, holistic perspectives that have created pressures upon traditional divisions of knowledge. She goes on to describe how interdisplinarity is used to accomplish: -Answers to complex questions-Address broad issues-Explore disciplinary and professional relations-To solve problems beyond the scope of any one discipline-To achieve unity of knowledge, whether on a limited or grand scale.

Differences

The difference between an Interdisciplinary Peer Review and Interdisciplinarity is that the peer group in Interdisciplinary Peer Review crosses social, economic, and educational groups. Access to the review process allows greater input from a wider array or potential researchers.

Open Interdisciplinary Peer Review Via Social Networking

Open Interdisciplinary Peer Review via Social Networking –The nature and ease of social networking sites makes Interdisciplinary Peer Review a reality. The issue becomes the informality of the review. This informality makes the review more of an "Open Peer Review" rather than a formalized review. Surprisingly in Encouraging Formative Peer Review Via Social Networking Sites, Bassford (E.67) finds that a high percentage of student's feel social networking is useful for enhancing learning, but only a small portion want to use it for such activities.

Dilemma

Validation of information in an Open Interdisciplinary Peer Review is an ongoing or second Interdisciplinary Peer Review. Interdisciplinary Peer Review is a continual process of review. When publication is instant and prior to a review, the accuracy falls under scrutiny in the Open review nature of social media. The level of accuracy potentially becomes more variable as the non peer group dissemination increases.

References

Harnad, Steven. "Peer Commentary on Peer Review, A Case Study in Scientific Quality Control. Reprinted from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, an International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary." Cambridge University Press, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pages 227-237
Bassford, Marie. "Encouraging formative peer review via social networking sites." British Journal of Educational Technology 41.5 (2010): E67-E69. EbscoHost
Kline, Thompson Julie. "Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and Practice." (1990): ISBN 0-8143-2088-0 See Google Books

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