Judging research on its own merits: How MetaROR supports better research assessment

« Research assessment reform movements like DORA urge us to focus on what really matters: the intrinsic quality of research, a broad recognition of diverse contributions, and a move away from reductionist metrics like journal impact factors. These principles are gaining steam, but putting them into practice is far from trivial. Legacy publishing models in particular represent a major obstacle to the envisioned reforms.
MetaResearch Open Review (MetaROR), and other publish-review-curate platforms (e.g., Copernicus, eLife, F1000, Open Research Europe, Peer Community In) challenge this state of play. By supporting open, transparent, and more efficient approaches to scientific publishing, based on preprinting, open peer review, and new forms of editorial curation, these platforms offer the infrastructure needed to actually do what DORA has long recommended. (…) »