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Title: | Research Assessments Should Recognize Responsible Research Practices. Narrative Review of a Lively Debate and Promising Developments | Authors: | AUBERT BONN, Noemie Bouter, Lex |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Springer | Source: | Valdés, Erick; Lecaros, Juan Alberto (Ed.). Handbook of Bioethical Decisions. Volume II, Springer, p. 441 -472 | Series/Report: | Collaborative Bioethics | Series/Report no.: | 3 | Abstract: | Research assessments have been under growing scrutiny in the past few years. The way in which researchers are assessed has a tangible impact on decisions and practices in research. Yet, there is an emerging understanding that research assessments as they currently stand might hamper the quality and the integrity of research. In this chapter, we provide a narrative review of the shortcomings of current research assessments and showcase innovative actions that aim to address these. To discuss these shortcomings and actions, we target five different dimensions of research assessment. First, we discuss the content of research assessment, thereby introducing the common indicators used to assess researchers and the way these indicators are being used. Second, we address the procedure of research assessments, describing the resources needed for assessing researchers in an ever-growing research system. Third, we describe the crucial role of assessors in improving research assessments. Fourth, we present the broader environments in which researchers work, explaining that omnipresent competition and employment insecurity also need to be toned down substantially to foster high quality and high integrity research. Finally, we describe the challenge of coordinating individual actions to ensure that the problems of research assessments are addressed tangibly and sustainably. | Keywords: | Research assessment;Research culture;Research environment;Research integrity;Research careers | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/40587 | ISBN: | 9783031294549 9783031294556 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-29455-6_27 | Rights: | The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. | Category: | B2 | Type: | Book Section |
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