title: Correcting the bias against interdisciplinary research.
abstract: When making decisions about funding and jobs the scientific community should recognise that most of the tools used to evaluate scientific excellence are biased in favour of established disciplines and against interdisciplinary research.
authors.affiliation: Ehud Shapiro is at the Department of Computer Science and Applied Math and Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel ehud.shapiro@weizmann.ac.il.
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D011642:Publications
keywords: interdisciplinary research; point of view; science policy and funding; scientific excellence