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🆕 Blog post on LSE Impact Blog: The role of scientometrics in the pursuit of responsible research assessment. ✍️ Luciana Balboa, Dr Elizabeth Gadd @lizziegadd.bsky.social, Eva Méndez, Janne Pölönen @[email protected], Dr Karen Stroobants, and Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra for CoARA. #Scientometrics blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

DORA’s guidance on responsible use of quantitative indicators prompts users to follow 5 principles, like: 💡Be contextual: How will you take account of the proxy and reductive nature inherent in any indicator? ow.ly/Y7rM50T7F4t

ICYMI: Read the preprint from @emckiernan13 @CaitlinC1226 Michael Dougherty Greg Tananbaum: "A framework for values-based assessment in promotion, tenure, and other academic evaluations" 👇ow.ly/2MCs50T7CmR

#Reformscape is a database of the ways academic institutions implement assessment reform, from planning, implementing & iterating new policies. This gives a clearer picture of how reform happens across different countries & institutions. ow.ly/YCky50T7Cpm

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Individual anecdotes, like getting a well-known grant, can skew what we prioritize when assessing research. Institutions can use structured interview protocols to keep decision-makers focused on agreed-upon qualities, rather than on reputation. ow.ly/ICWf50T7EUN

DORA’s guidance on responsible use of quantitative indicators prompts users to follow 5 principles, like: 💡Be fair: How will you avoid biases inherent in quantitative indicators? Be proactive & transparent in efforts to address this challenge. ow.ly/980t50T7BGj

"Open science arose in response to scientists churning out junk, but junk seems to be what the 'market' that interests scientists still demands." – Opinion from Nicholas JL Brown on academic "gaming" (quote lightly edited) doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Duncan E. Wright argues that problems of getting peer reviewers, research fraud, paper mills, predatory journals, and trivial papers are all symptoms of research culture emphasizing quantity over quality. doi.org/10.1002/1873-3…

DORA’s guidance on responsible use of quantitative indicators prompts users to follow 5 principles, like: 💡Be specific: How well does the indicator refer to the qualities of the person or the piece of work being assessed? Be mindful of aggregate metrics. ow.ly/mb4550T7BGW

We have made our biggest update to #Reformscape yet! We recently added fifteen 1️⃣5️⃣ new institutions and thirty-five 3️⃣5️⃣ new examples of responsible research assessment practices and polices. (And we fixed a bug 🐜.) sfdora.org/reformscape/

Interested in how research assessment can support better diversity, equity, and inclusion? We have a specific tag for "Equity and inclusion" in #Reformscape, our tool compiling responsible research assessment policies and practices: sfdora.org/reformscape/so…

Show your support for DORA with one of our spiffing badges 📛: sfdora.org/resource/dora-… Now includes a 🆕 badge for those of you who have contributed to our Resource Library!

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As we gear up to launch our #ResponsibleResearchAssessment Guide for research performing institutions in just 3 weeks, we want to thank the DORA community and all those who contributed to it! Join us for the launch May 15-16 bit.ly/DORAGuide-Laun…