{"id":3972,"date":"2022-08-26T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/european-science-organizations-reach-an-agreement-on-long-due-research-assessment-reformation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:59:51","slug":"long-due-reformation-of-research-assessment-european-science-organizations-reach-an-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/long-due-reformation-of-research-assessment-european-science-organizations-reach-an-agreement","title":{"rendered":"European science organizations reach an agreement on long-due research assessment reformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">With a shift in the research landscape and ecosystem, an overhaul of the criteria used to assess research is long overdue. The current research assessment system<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">tends to tip in the favor of certain performance metrics, such as publishing in high impact factor journals, citation counts, h-indexes, patent registrations, and securing grants. Having such narrow criteria<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span> for research assessment can put pressure on researchers and has amplified concerns around research ethics and integrity. \u00a0Some initiatives like the SCOPE framework<sup>3<\/sup> and the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment<sup>4<\/sup> have been working towards improving, implementing, and promoting best practices in assessing researchers\u2019 contributions and outputs. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment, the final version of which was announced on 20 July 2022, is being viewed as a promising step towards meaningful change. Four years in the making, the initiative is a result of inputs from 350+ organizations that represent the diverse research communities across Europe to create inclusive evaluation systems. Having been facilitated by the European Commission, the initiative aims to go global with their vision.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">What is the Agreement for Reforming Research Assessment?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The <\/span><\/span>Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment<sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 8.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\">5<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> offers a path towards changing the current narrow criteria used to assess<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span> research, researchers, and research organizations. Over 350 organizations from more than 40 countries<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span> contributed their ideas and feedback to the draft agreement put forward by a team of representatives from the European University Association, Science Europe, and the European Commission, along with Dr Karen Stroobants\u2019s contribution as an individual with expertise in research on research. The participating organizations included a diverse set of stakeholders including universities, research institutes, scholarly societies, research funders, accreditation and evaluation agencies, and national and regional authorities, thus offering a diverse pool of perspectives.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The agreement<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> details the vision of reform, including the principles, commitments, and timeframes. The agreement pertains to the assessment of research organizations and research units, research projects, individual researchers, as well as research teams<sup>8<\/sup>. While the proposed assessing bodies include groups like assessment authorities, organizations that fund and perform research, and prize awarding organizations. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The agreement aims to put forth principles and guidelines<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"text-underline: none;\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span> that all signatories have agreed on following during research assessment. Establishing a uniform research assessment model is not the goal; rather, the agreement aims to promote practices that ensure unbiased assessments by maintaining transparency when making any decisions. Of the ten commitments listed by the documents, the four core ones include:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Recognizing the diversity of research contributions and careers, and rewarding researchers for mentoring, supervising, and teaching<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Using qualitative evaluation, as the main basis for research assessment, shifting focus from quantity to quality<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Doing away with research assessment that inappropriately uses publication-related and journal-based metrics, specifically related to h-index and journal impact factors<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Avoiding evaluations based on the prestige of research organizations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The other six supporting commitments are aimed at helping the signatories in implementing the new guidelines in their work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">What\u2019s next?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The agreement will be open for signatures<\/span><\/span><sup>9<\/sup><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> from 28 September 2022, which will be launched at the Research and Innovation Days, with organizations and institutions performing research assessment encouraged to sign on. The signatories coming together will form a coalition <\/span><\/span>and meet later this year for <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">their first general assembly meeting. The coalition will review the progress made and build a more permanent and sustainable structure, one of the aspects of which will be to give researchers, particularly early-career researchers, instrumental roles. This would allow early-career researchers to be a part of the assessment system, along with their institutions, research funders and other senior researchers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment, which stems from months of negotiations, can play a significant role in promoting high-quality and high-impact research and in shifting away from a \u201cpublish or perish\u201d academic culture.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">References<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Support Europe\u2019s bold vision for responsible research assessment. Nature News. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-022-02037-8\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-022-02037-8<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Curry, Stephen; de Rijcke, Sarah; Hatch, Anna, et al. (2020) The changing role of funders in responsible research assessment: progress, obstacles and the way ahead (RoRI Working Paper No.3). Research on Research Institute. Report. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.13227914.v2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.13227914.v2<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">SCOPE framework for research evaluation. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/inorms.net\/scope-framework-for-research-evaluation\/\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/inorms.net\/scope-framework-for-research-evaluation\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sfdora.org\/read\/\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/sfdora.org\/read\/<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment. European University Association. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eua.eu\/downloads\/news\/2022_07_19_rra_agreement_final.pdf\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.eua.eu\/downloads\/news\/2022_07_19_rra_agreement_final.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment is now final. Science Europe. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceeurope.org\/news\/rra-agreement-final\/\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.scienceeurope.org\/news\/rra-agreement-final\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">List of organisations having expressed interest in being part of a coalition on reforming research assessment. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/system\/files\/2022-07\/ec_rtd_call-for-interest-ra.pdf\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/system\/files\/2022-07\/ec_rtd_call-for-interest-ra.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: black;\">EU&#8217;s Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment. Aalto University. <\/span><\/span><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/research-art\/eus-agreement-on-reforming-research-assessment\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/research-art\/eus-agreement-on-reforming-research-assessment<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt; margin-right: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Reforming research assessment: The Agreement is now final. European Commission. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/news\/all-research-and-innovation-news\/reforming-research-assessment-agreement-now-final-2022-07-20_en\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/news\/all-research-and-innovation-news\/reforming-research-assessment-agreement-now-final-2022-07-20_en<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a shift in the research landscape and ecosystem, an overhaul of the criteria used to assess research is long overdue. 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