Reforming research assessment [PDF]
It is time for the research community to rethink how the outputs of scientific research are evaluated and, as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment makes clear, this should involve replacing the journal impact factor with a broad range of ...
Randy Schekman, Mark Patterson
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Does bibliometric research confer legitimacy to research assessment practice? A sociological study of reputational control, 1972-2016. [PDF]
The use of bibliometric measures in the evaluation of research has increased considerably based on expertise from the growing research field of evaluative citation analysis (ECA).
Jappe A, Pithan D, Heinze T.
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Research governance and the future(s) of research assessment [PDF]
AbstractThis paper explores recent public debates around research assessment and its future as part of a dynamic landscape of governance discourses and practices, and organisational, professional and disciplinary cultures. Drawing reflectively on data from RAE 2001, RAE 2008 and REF 2014 (reported elsewhere), the paper highlights how recent debates ...
A. Oancea
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No shortcuts for research assessment. [PDF]
Funding agencies, journal editors, and hiring and promotion committees expend large amounts of time and resources deciding how to allocate precious funds, what science to publish, and which scientists deserve a job or promotion because of their scientific contributions.
Bertuzzi S, Drubin DG.
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Five years post-DORA: promoting best practices for research assessment. [PDF]
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was penned 5 years ago to articulate best practices for how we communicate and judge our scientific contributions.
Schmid SL.
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Patterns of internationalization and criteria for research assessment in the social sciences and humanities. [PDF]
This article investigates the developments during the last decades in the use of languages, publication types and publication channels in the social sciences and humanities (SSH).
Sivertsen G.
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The metric tide: report of the independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management [PDF]
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management. The review was chaired by Professor James Wilsdon, supported by an independent and multidisciplinary group of ...
Allen, Liz+14 more
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Editorial: Quality and quantity in research assessment: Examining the merits of metrics [PDF]
Maziar Montazerian+2 more
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Assessing Commensality in Research [PDF]
This scoping review focuses on the assessment of commensality in research and attempts to identify used methods for performing research on commensality. It reflects a multidisciplinary research field and draws on findings from Web of Science Core Collection, up to April 2019. The empirical material consisted of 61 studies, whereof most were qualitative
Henrik Scander+3 more
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Responsible Research Assessment
Felix Schönbrodt, Professor of Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, tells about an initiative that he coordinates within the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (German Psychological Society).
Felix Schönbrodt, Per Pippin Aspaas
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