Systems and methods for facilitating the peer review process
First Claim
1. A peer review system comprising;
- a user interface for identifying the user, for accepting predefined user information, and for providing a result;
a peer review application operably linked to said user interface, said peer review application comprising knowledge base information and defined rules for (a) accepting a paper for peer review, (b) defining a peer review assignment, (c) assigning said paper to a defined set of reviewers for review, (d) providing to said reviewers criteria for reviewing each said paper to produce a peer review result, and (e) processing all peer review results for any paper to produce a peer review report; and
, a computer system having stored therein said peer review application, wherein said computer system comprises computer memory and a computer processor.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for integrating the peer review process with other applications and facilitating peer review using a user interface linked to a peer review application having knowledge base information and defined rules for: accepting a paper for peer review, assigning the paper to one or more of a defined set of reviewers for review, providing to the reviewers one or more criteria to be used for reviewing and evaluating each paper for enabling each reviewer to create a peer review result, and processing all peer review results for any paper to produce a peer review report. Access to these systems and methods may be provided, for example, on a stand-alone computer or over the Internet, World Wide Web, or an intranet.
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70 Claims
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1. A peer review system comprising;
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a user interface for identifying the user, for accepting predefined user information, and for providing a result;
a peer review application operably linked to said user interface, said peer review application comprising knowledge base information and defined rules for (a) accepting a paper for peer review, (b) defining a peer review assignment, (c) assigning said paper to a defined set of reviewers for review, (d) providing to said reviewers criteria for reviewing each said paper to produce a peer review result, and (e) processing all peer review results for any paper to produce a peer review report; and
,a computer system having stored therein said peer review application, wherein said computer system comprises computer memory and a computer processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A peer review method comprising;
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providing a user interface capable of receiving user information, wherein said user information includes identification information, providing a peer review application operably linked to said user interface, wherein said peer review application comprises knowledge base information and defined rules for (a) accepting a paper, (b) assigning said paper to reviewers for review, (c) providing to said reviewers criteria for reviewing each said paper to produce a peer review result, (d) processing all peer review results for any paper to produce a peer review report;
providing a computer system having stored therein said peer review application, wherein said computer system comprises computer memory and a computer processor, providing a hosted electronic environment operably linked to said computer system for displaying said user interface;
receiving said user information by way of said user interface; and
processing said user information with said peer review application to generate results comprising a peer review report. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system for reviewing papers, comprising;
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a user interface for identifying the user, for accepting predefined user information, for uploading papers to be reviewed, and for providing a result;
an originality checking application operably linked to said user interface, said originality checking application comprising knowledge base information and defined rules for checking uploaded papers for plagiarism;
a peer review application operably linked to said user interface, said peer review application comprising knowledge base information and defined rules for reviewing uploaded papers and for completing and submitting a review of said uploaded papers; and
,a computer system having stored therein said originality checking application and said peer review application, wherein said computer system comprises computer memory and a computer processor. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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