Robertson David W, Martin Douglas K, Singer Peter A
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2003 Oct 19;3:20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-3-20.
While the desirability of interdisciplinary inquiry has been widely acknowledged, indeed has become 'the mantra of science policy', the methods of interdisciplinary collaboration are opaque to outsiders and generally remain undescribed.
Many have analysed interdisciplinarity, especially in relation to the creation of new disciplines and institutions. These analyses are briefly outlined. Still, there currently persists a silence about the methods of interdisciplinary collaboration itself, and the core of this paper proposes a template for such methods.
Breaking this silence--by making the methods of interdisciplinary projects transparent--could further invigorate interdisciplinary research.
尽管跨学科研究的可取性已得到广泛认可，甚至已成为“科学政策的口头禅”，但其合作方法对外行来说却晦涩难懂，且通常仍未得到描述。
许多人已对跨学科性进行了分析，尤其是涉及新学科和机构的创建。这些分析将作简要概述。然而，目前对于跨学科合作方法本身仍保持沉默，本文的核心为此类方法提出了一个模板。
打破这种沉默——使跨学科项目的方法透明化——可能会进一步激发跨学科研究。
