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In November 2021, the Directorate General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission published a report entitled: Towards a reform of the research assessment system. The proposed reform builds on DORA, the Leiden Manifesto, and the Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers. In January 2022, Nature endorsed the proposal in an editorial.
The European Commission consulted European and international stakeholders on how to facilitate and speed up reform so that the quality, performance and impact of research and researchers are assessed on the basis of more appropriate criteria and processes. The proposed way forward consists of a European agreement that would be signed by individual research funding organisations, research performing organisations and national/regional assessment authorities and agencies, as well as by their associations. The aim is for research and researchers to be evaluated based on their intrinsic merits and performance rather than on the number of publications and where these are published, promoting qualitative judgement with peer-review, supported by a more responsible use of quantitative indicators. The agreement would confirm the commitment of the signatories to changes, along commonly agreed objectives, principles and actions. It would offer a space for individual institutions to test changes, for mutual learning, and to more safely and efficiently engage in reforms. Comments are closed.
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