Open Scholar Café: Reimagining Research Assessment with Anna Hatch
Channel: Iowa State University Digital Press
Date: 2021-09-20

Despite the limited view of academic success provided by journal-based metrics, they are often used to make decisions that impact researchers' careers. Since 2013, more than 20,000 individuals and organizations in 148 countries have signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) to eliminate the use of journal-based metrics in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions. As new approaches to research assessment emerge, DORA is working to support institutions seeking to improve policy and practice by documenting case studies, curating resources, and developing tools. Join us to hear from Anna Hatch, DORA's Program Director, on reimagining research assessment.


Links shared during the meeting:  
Open Scholar Café: https://open.lib.iastate.edu/cafes
The Declaration on Research Assessment: https://sfdora.org/read/ 
Biases Brief: https://sfdora.org/resource/rethinking-research-assessment-unintended-cognitive-and-systems-biases/ 

DORA Case Studies: https://sfdora.org/dora-case-studies/ 
Early career researchers and grad students advancing change: https://osf.io/p5evw/ 
Tenzing from DORA: https://sfdora.org/resource/tenzing/ 
The CRediT Contributor Roles Taxonomy: https://casrai.org/credit/ 
The SPACE rubric: https://sfdora.org/resource/space-to-evolve-academic-assessment-a-rubric-for-analyzing-institutional-conditions-and-progress-indicators/ 
Visual tools for research credit: https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/researchers-embracing-visual-tools-contribution-matrix-give-fair-credit-authors-scientific-papers