Stephen Curry: Let’s move beyond the rhetoric: it’s time to change how we judge research | Nature

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Summary:

"Five years ago, the Declaration on Research Assessment was a rallying point. It must now become a tool for fair evaluation

...DORA’s job now is to accelerate the change it called for. I feel the need for change whenever I meet postdocs. Their curiosity about the world and determination to improve it burns bright. But their desires to pursue the most fascinating and most impactful questions are subverted by our systems of evaluation. As they apply for their first permanent positions, they are already calculating how to manoeuvre within the JIF-dependent managerialism of modern science.

There have been many calls for something better, including the Leiden Manifesto and the UK report ‘The Metric Tide’, both released in 2015. Like DORA, these have changed the tenor of discussions around researcher assessment and paved the way for change.

It is time to shift from making declarations to finding solutions. With the support of the ASCB, Cancer Research UK, the European Molecular Biology Organization, the biomedical funder the Wellcome Trust and the publishers the Company of Biologists, eLife, F1000, Hindawi and PLOS, DORA has hired a full-time community manager and revamped its steering committee, which I head. We are committed to getting on with the job...."

Link:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01642-w

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Date tagged:

02/08/2018, 13:22

Date published:

02/08/2018, 04:35