What researchers think counts is not always what they believe should count.
Dr Mathijs Vleugel’s survey points to a stronger preference for value-based criteria.
🔗 shorturl.at/PpvMB
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #OpenAIRE
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: shorturl.at/Ou1L3
#OpenAIRE #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA
📢 EU-LIFE Policy Officer Iris Uribesalgo has contributed a blog to #EUAExpertVoices!
We are proud to see Iris contributing to the wider discussion on #ResearchAssessment. As EU-LIFE #CoARA Team Leader in @coarassessment.bsky.social, she brings forward the expertise of EU-LIFE and its members ⬇️
We are thrilled to welcome 11 new members to the DORA Steering Committee! After receiving 200+ nominations from 70+ countries, we’re adding 8 at‑large members + 4 Supporting Org reps. A stronger, even more global DORA 🌍
Read more in our announcement 👉 sfdora.org/2026/03/15/w...
#ResearchAssessment
Technical services for capturing diverse and structured credit for non-traditional research artefacts in the Life Sciences. The inner ring covers common categories of non-traditional research artefact groupings, the central ring covers primary non-traditional research artefacts, and the outermost ring highlights technical solutions capable of capturing credit for use to inform later recognition and reward steps.
Credit, recognition, and reward for non-traditional research artefacts in the Life Sciences
🔗 doi.org/10.31222/osf...
#FAIRdata #OpenScience #Recognition #ResearchAssessment #Scientometrics
Science Europe joins the new #ERAForum on Reforming Research Assessment. Stakeholder exchanges on initiatives, success stories & challenges are essential. Delighted to see many members engaged as national reps.
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #SciencePolicy #Innovation #Collaboration
Helmholtz Open Science Office CoARA action plan published to implement the ten commitments of the agreement on reforming research assessement
#CoARA action plan published!
🕶️ Overview of the interactions between open science and #ResearchAssessment reform
👁️ Classification of the current status quo
🚀 Measures and planned activities for the period 2026–2030
👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@coarassessment.bsky.social #OpenScience
The free 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
Fostering Responsible #Research #Assessment: DORA Launches New Introductory Course (via @dorassessment.bsky.social) sfdora.org/2026/02/23/n... #researchassessment
Today is the 24th birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/
Though best known for catalyzing the #OpenAccess movement in 2002, the BOAI has been continuously active and formed a nonprofit organization just last year […]
“People are already using AI for research assessment, but guidelines for its ethical and equitable use are scarce. Consequently, how AI is used for the REF is something of a Wild West. A standardized approach underpinned by good governance and common tools is urgently needed.”
#ResearchAssessment
📣 New publication highlights the role of societal impact in #ResearchAssessment
📄 The @coarassessment.bsky.social has released a new #WhitePaper calling for societal impact to become a core criterion in research assessment, alongside #AcademicExcellence.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4bAL3Qw
#ERA #CoARA
"Most of the science is publicly funded and therefore we have a social contract to ensure that everyone can benefit from science." Yensi Flores Bueso from Global Young Academy in her contribution on #DiamondOA and #ResearchAssessment during the 3rd Diamond Summit.
"If we don't get the incentives in the right direction, #DiamondOA will not happen." Henk Kummeling, chair of @coarassessment.bsky.social, at the 3rd Diamond Summit on the need to reform #ResearchAssessment.
The Mutable Truth: Why Freezing and Versioning Metadata is Essential for Open Science Research Assessment
The mutable truth of metadata. Research outputs evolve but for fair and transparent #ResearchAssessment, their #metadata shouldn't.
See #OpenAIREGraph CTO @pmanghi.bsky.social's arguments for why freezing and versioning metadata is essential in #OpenScience.
🔗 Read the article shorturl.at/h93pq
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Stefan Penders and Rita Morais explain the origins of the current diverse range of initiatives like #CoARA to tackle the publish-or-perish rat race and the renewed push to improve how careers in academia are assessed https://bit.ly/4oTAnk0
#EUAExpertVoices #ResearchAssessment #AcademicSky
Last week in Berlin, the CoARA Working Group on Recognising #PeerReview hosted a workshop on recommendation implementation, attended by Bernd Pulverer, Head of EMBO Press and co-chair of the Working Group, as well as Sandra Bendiscioli, EMBO Senior Policy Officer. 🧪 #ResearchAssessment
“Better assessment leads to better research.”
– Giovanna Lima, DORA
Side Event 2 from the IAP Triennial Conference explores why reforming research assessment matters for innovation, integrity and public trust in science.
🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/4xxsjwsu
#ResearchAssessment #TrustInScience
Highlights from today's workshop “Collaborative Pathways to Responsible #ResearchAssessment via #OpenInfrastructures”.
Participants were diving into hands-on evaluations of #MyResearchFolio & the #GraspOS Meta-Catalogue using the #CoARA OI4RRA #OpenInfrastructure Checklist.
Grab a taste! 👇
Prof. Oliver Günther wurde als der einzige deutsche Vertreter in das Steering Board der Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) gewählt. Zur Medienmitteilung: www.uni-potsdam.de/de/nachricht...
#CoARA #researchassessment #collaboration #international #research
promotional banner for the EUA Expert Voices article by Stefan Penders, Universities of the Netherlands, and Rita Morais, European University Association: A growing international movement is changing academic career assessment
Stefan Penders and Rita Morais explain the origins of the current diverse range of initiatives like #CoARA to tackle the publish-or-perish rat race and the renewed push to improve how careers in academia are assessed https://bit.ly/4oTAnk0
#EUAExpertVoices #ResearchAssessment #AcademicSky
Yuret, T. (2026). Assessing scientific output through self-evaluation: Evidence from four social science fields. Journal of Informetrics, 20(1), 101757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2025.101757
What do researchers see as their best work? A Journal of Informetrics study (2,300+ social scientists, 42 countries) shows only ~40% of self-identified top papers are top-cited. 17% aren’t in Scopus at all. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo... #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment #SciencePolicy #Citations
promotional banner for the EUA Expert Voices article by Stefan Penders, Universities of the Netherlands, and Rita Morais, European University Association: A growing international movement is changing academic career assessment
Stefan Penders and Rita Morais explain the origins of the current diverse range of initiatives like #CoARA to tackle the publish-or-perish rat race and the renewed push to improve how careers in academia are assessed https://bit.ly/4oTAnk0
#EUAExpertVoices #ResearchAssessment #AcademicSky
📚 December 2025 INSPIRING ERA Library
As INSPIRING ERA wraps up its 2nd project year, we’ve gathered key insights & materials across 5 ERA themes:
#OpenScience
#GenderEquality
#ResearchCareers
#ResearchAssessment
#CitizenEngagement
📰 bit.ly/4puVMA9
✉️ INSPIRING ERA newsletters 👉 bit.ly/3XyEu8U
Open Infrastructures and the road towards Responsible Research Assessment
At #euroCRIS2025, research information professionals explored how open, community-governed infrastructures shape responsible #ResearchAssessment. There, Angeliki Tzouganatou highlighted why transparency and interoperability must be built into our systems.
Read more in our recap tinyurl.com/45xw36sx
Picture of the panel discussion
How can #ResearchAssessment move beyond publication metrics?
Today at #IAP2025 #OpenAIRE's @nataliamanola.bsky.social joined experts to discuss transforming evaluation systems to support integrity, innovation & trust in science.
🔗 Event details tinyurl.com/45u3k39w
🔗 Conference site asrt-iap.eg.net
www.eprist.fr/editos/leval... #openaccess #openscience #researchassessment #hindex #impactfactor #qualitativeAssessment
Co-organised by CoARA, ALLEA & GYA.
🔗 Details: www.openaire.eu/community/ev...
🔗 Conference: asrt-iap.eg.net
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA #SciencePolicy #IAP2025
Co-organised by @coarassessment.bsky.social , ALLEA & GYA.
🔗 Details: www.openaire.eu/community/ev...
🔗 Conference: asrt-iap.eg.net
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA #SciencePolicy #IAP2025
