👀 It’s just two weeks until BR-UK’s first external webinar! We are excited to have Dr Sharon Cox, Professor Marcus Munafo and Dr Harry Tattan-Birch talk Open Science and the importance of pre-registration:
Register now to watch on Zoom:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New UK chapter of CoARA starts work - and we're proud that RoRI is a member.

Following the establishment of the UK National Chapter in February 2024, the Steering Group met in March to agree priorities and exchange practice.

researchonresearch.org/uk-chapter-coa…

Seminar Recording: Peer Review Bias
Did you miss our seminar yesterday? Have no fear, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and stored on our website.
Panellists Dr. Ruby Mustafa Ozbilgin 🌈🍭🏳️‍🌈 Cat Morgan and
Émilie KB 🇨🇲🇫🇷 speaking on bias.
youtu.be/ZPMbXacPyh0?fe…

So what do we mean by research information ?

In short: it's 'data about research':

1) bibliographic metadata
2) metadata on research software, data, samples, instruments
3) information on funding & grants
4) information on organizations & research contributors

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Interested in open research? This year’s OpenFest, including our online symposium ‘Towards an Open Research Culture: Establishing, Embedding & Facilitating the Culture/s & Practice/s of Open Research’, is now open for proposals!

Details here: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch/e…

Using journal citations as a primary indicator of quality is an old habit that cannot be broken w/out incentivization. Institutions can address this by making the benefits of new behaviors concrete & salient.
Find more strategies in DORA's Biases Brief:
ow.ly/mFtP50Rgyet

'We need to expand the definition of excellence to also include the social impact of research'. 👏

“It is crucial to rethink the way in which both researchers and institutions are assessed, as well as research outcomes. The need is clear and urgent,” said James Wilsdon at the Agencia Estatal de Investigación Fundación ”la Caixa”
“New methods of scientific assessment” conference.

Bias impacts research funding decisions at each stage of the process.

EDI Caucus undertook an evidence review looking at peer reviewed literature published in the last 10 years on the peer review process for funding in academia💷

'Metaresearch is only as good as its data.'

The REF is a uniquely valuable source of data about the research system, but using REF data in research is a balancing act: researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

📢 Estamos celebrando en la Agencia Estatal de Investigación , en colaboración con Fundación ”la Caixa” , la jornada 'Nuevos métodos de evaluación científica', en la que tratamos el papel de la IA en la evaluación científica, en el presente y en el futuro.

The #Reformscape user guide is now live! The guide answers questions like how to…
🔎Search Reformscape
📢Share search results
🖊️Cite data downloaded from Reformscape
📚Learn how data are categorized
✋Suggest new material
More: ow.ly/ZXRN50QKPx5

“if you are going to change research assessment, then you do the groundwork first, which is actually talking to your community” Stephen Curry
#Reformscape can help you figure out the 'how' by providing a wide range of practical examples of reform👇 ow.ly/7whI50QGc14

Does your organisation offer funding opportunities? Our EDI hub has advice related to EDI funding considerations, including the barriers faced by particular characteristics and recommendations for how to address these.
Find out more➡️acss.org.uk/esrc-project-e…

Does your academic institution, department, or faculty have an openly available responsible research action plan, policy, or practice that you’d like to share with peers? Submit it for consideration to be included in #Reformscape ! ow.ly/7tQi50QGbT7

We❤️‍🔥seeing funders experiment with research & innovation funding!

Supported by RoRI researchers, our core partner VolkswagenStiftung are running an experiment in Distributed Peer Review in parallel to their conventional Panel Review: researchonresearch.org/volkswagen-dis…

New! Research on Research Institute (RoRI)’s partners and researchers met to exchange ideas and work on new projects, including the funding and evaluation of transdisciplinary research and many more projects.
ow.ly/zck050QzN1m

To support & encourage openness & transparency:
⚡️ #Reformscape only includes publicly available information
⚡️ The methods used to collect & categorize the data are available on the site ow.ly/Yx1950QzMQz
⚡️ The raw data can be downloaded ow.ly/lAJZ50QzMQA