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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21 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)
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