Research Impact Metrics
A guide for those wanting to use research impact metrics for evaluation, analytics, and reviews, e.g., promotion & tenure.
Resources
- List of Statements of Responsible MetricsLists universities' statements of responsible research metrics and case studies from countries and universities in which they have implemented responsible research assessment.
- Metrics ToolkitA resource for researchers and evaluators that provides guidance for demonstrating and evaluating claims of research impact. With the Toolkit you can quickly understand what a metric means, how it is calculated, and if it’s good match for your impact question.
- Using InCites responsibly: a guide to interpretation and good practiceThis guide has been created by bibliometric practitioners to support other users of InCites and promote a community of informed and responsible use.
- Using SciVal responsibly: a guide to interpretation and good practiceThis guide is designed to help those who use SciVal to source and apply bibliometrics in academic institutions.
Responsible Research Assessment Overview
- Responsible metrics: One size doesn't fit allBlog post from Ludo Waltman summary: Differentiates between micro-level and macro-level research evaluation (i.e., difference between evaluation of institutions and evaluation of individuals and research groups).
International Responsible Research Assessment Initiatives
- Leiden ManifestoA set of ten principles for best practice in metrics-based research assessment so that researchers can hold evaluators to account, and evaluators can hold their indicators to account.
- San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.
- Metric Tide ReportThe review looks in detail at the potential uses and limitations of research metrics and indicators, exploring the use of metrics within institutions and across disciplines.
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