title: Interdisciplinary research: putting the methods under the microscope.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Breaking this silence--by making the methods of interdisciplinary projects transparent--could further invigorate interdisciplinary research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada. davidw.robertson@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Douglas K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010811:Natural Science Disciplines; D012107:Research Design