« We are excited to announce the launch of a new national resource for the Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM). This initiative is dedicated to promoting fair and responsible research assessment practices and is designed to support researchers, institutions, and policymakers in adopting responsible approaches to research evaluation. (…) »
« We are pleased to announce that OPERAS has published its own CoARA Action Plan to build a coherent approach to research assessment reform and to further align our practices with the commitments of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA). (…) »
« Materials from the GraspOS Community of Practice meeting held on 13 November 2024
Topic of Discussion
Vast amounts of information are used to manage the research enterprise. This information plays a vital role in the distribution of resources and the evaluation of researchers and institutions,…
« UEFISCDI, together with the Open and Universal Science project (OPUS), Science Europe, Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) and the UNESCO Chair on Science and Innovation Policies (SNSPA), organized the international Rethinking Research Assessment Conference, which took place in Bucharest, Romania, on November 14th, 2024.…
« There are continuing calls to adapt or even redesign research evaluation. These calls are based on goals that are part of the transitions towards open science and fairer recognition and rewards. While most calls for changes in research evaluation critique the application of crude metrics, they still see a role…
« The European University Association (EUA) is the representative organisation of universities and national rectors’ conferences in 49 European countries. EUA has signed the CoARA Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment in 2022. This document outlines the main activities of the Association during the development of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment…
« La Déclaration de Barcelone marque un tournant dans la manière dont sont produites, partagées et utilisées les informations relatives au pilotage de la recherche scientifique. Elle a été signée par douze institutions françaises. (…) »
« This survey report offers a descriptive analysis of the role that public research funding and performing organisations in Europe play in the shifting landscape of open science and research assessment reform.
As these issues gain increasing attention from both the research community and policy makers alike, the findings demonstrate…
« The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV), established in 1899, is a national co-operative body for learned societies in Finland. TSV has signed the CoARA Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment in 2022. As outlined in this 4-year CoARA Action Plan, TSV is committed to advancing responsible research and assessment practices…
« (…) In 2023, some scholars from the University of Granada in Spain accused both the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and CoARA of “bibliometric denialism”. This was challenged robustly by both CWTS Leiden scholar Alex Rushforth and by DORA and CoARA…
