What should count in research assessment?

Dr Mathijs Vleugel’s survey highlights a gap between perceived evaluation criteria and the ones researchers actually consider important.

He finds that researchers place more value on collaboration, good research practice, institutional culture, and impact.
🔗Read more: https://shorturl.at/PpvMB

#OpenScience #ResearchAssessment #ResponsibleResearchAssessment

An unintended but positive side effect of the rise of AI and LLMs is that it may accelerate the long overdue reform of research assessment. If the "journals" are flooded with slop academia will be forced to take DORA seriously.

#ResearchAssessment #COARA

What should research assessment really value?

In our latest interview, Dr Mathijs Vleugel reflects on the gap between what is rewarded in evaluation and what researchers believe should count.

🔗Read the interview: https://shorturl.at/Ou1L3

#OpenAIRE #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA

In the #RESQUE evaluation scheme („Research Quality Evaluation scheme for psychological research“), there is an indicator for publications: “Correctness of computational results has been independently verified“.

https://www.resque.info

With CODECHECK, you can request and upload a verification certificate. This gives you "extra points“ in our evaluation scheme, as this is a real quality criterion.

https://codecheck.org.uk

#researchAssessment #CoARA @aufdroeseler https://nerdculture.de/@aufdroeseler/116165190898955396

Introductory course on responsible research assessment, just published by #SFDORA
https://sfdora.org/courses/introductory-course-to-responsible-research-assessment/

The free and self-paced course "aims to empower anyone to challenge existing assumptions around research quality and impact, by introducing them to the concept of responsible research assessment, its foundational principles, and how RRA aims to improve evaluation practices."

#REF2029 #ResearchAssessment

The Helmholtz Open Science Office has published its own #CoARA action plan.

The action plan offers:
🕶️ An overview of the interactions between open science and research assessment reform
👁️ Classification of the current status quo
🚀 Measures and planned activities for the period 2026–2030

👉 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18242817

#OpenScience #ResearchAssessment @CoARAssessment

Today is the 24th birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/

Best known for catalyzing the #OpenAccess movement in 2002, the BOAI has been continuously active and formed a nonprofit organization just last year.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-transitioning-to-organization-to-support-the-development-of-equitable-open-access/

See the org's progress report on its first year.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-celebrates-anniversary-and-reflects-on-progress-of-first-year-as-an-organization/

The latest version of the BOAI recommendations is its 20th anniversary statement.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/

In contrast to the earlier BOAI statements, which made many recommendations, the 20th anniversary statement deliberately focuses on a small number of top priorities:

1. Adopting #OpenInfrastructure
2. Reforming #ResearchAssessment
3. Moving away from #APCs
4. Moving away from #ReadAndPublish agreements.

I'm proud of my contributions to #BOAI (2002), #BOAI10 (2012), and #BOAI20 (2022), and honored to serve on the org steering committee.

Happy #ValentinesDay to all who work for #OpenAccess worldwide.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenAIRE/115888469366176388

#ABACUS will be built on the #OpenAIREGraph, learn more about this exciting initiative that will reshape #ResearchAssessment in Greece!