OPEN HUMANITIES MANIFESTO – REFORMING RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN THE HUMANITIES

"Researchers often perceive Open Science (OS) reforms as an external imposition by funders and policymakers, and that perception is a serious hindrance for its implementation. To overcome that obstacle, it is worth reminding that the impulse has often come from below and from within the academic community. One such case is the Open Humanities Manifesto (OHM – https://operas.pl/manifest-otwartej-humanistyki/), a bottom-up initiative for reforming research assessment in the humanities within the evolving Open Science (OS) landscape and research assessment reforms discussed within the European scholarly community (Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, 2022; Hicks et al., 2015). Drafted collaboratively by researchers, librarians, and publishers in Poland, the OHM underscores the humanities' alignment with the principle of openness, emphasising the free flow of ideas as an intrinsic value of scholarly inquiry (Leonelli 2023)...."