We’re thrilled Research on Research Institute (RoRI) & UCL Research to have joined forces with our friends Center for Open Science to bring Metascience 25 to London.

Join us from 30 June to 2 July 2025 at what should be the biggest & brightest meeting yet! researchonresearch.org/rori-cos-annou… Stian Westlake Geraint Rees

This is happening in 2 days! If you'd like to learn or share your perspectives on data resharing, join us this Thursday, May 16th, from 12-1 pm GMT leeds.libcal.com/calendar/openr…

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The Peer Exchange Platform for Narrative-style CVs (PEP-CV) is a free platform that fosters a culture of collaboration, mutual learning, and expands national and international networks for research and innovation staff. Learn more👇
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Save the date! COS and Research on Research Institute (RoRI) have partnered to bring the Metascience Conference to London!

ℹ️ Learn more: metascience.info
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ICYMI: 📢DORA has released new guidance on responsible use of quantitative indicators in research assessment.
💡This guidance includes 5 principles for use: be clear, be transparent, be specific, be contextual and be fair. Read all about it👇
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Helsinki initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication is now available in Armenian! #InAllLanguages initiative has been translated to 42 different languages. Read, sign and join forces with over 1000 signatories from over 70 countries: helsinki-initiative.org

May 6 was a surprisingly big day for RRA! The LERU report contains a wealth of information & recs to address improper use of indicators, like 'Develop and adhere to ethical guidelines for the use of scientometric data to prevent misuse'.
Read it here!zenodo.org/records/111231…

The guidance also provides five principles that can be used whenever indicators are being used to judge research:
Be 1) clear; 2) transparent; 3) specific; 4) contextual; and 5) fair. 3/3
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DORA’s new guidance about indicators like h-index is short and approachable for people who are not specialists in bibliometrics.

Each indicator has a discussion of what it is trying to measure and the limitations of how it tries to measure research. 2/3

“If we shouldn’t use Impact Factors, what should we use instead?”

Today, DORA is releasing new guidance on research indicators, including Journal Impact Factor, citations, h-index, altmetrics, and more. 🧵1/3

bit.ly/DORAindicators

🖊️ Have you ever wanted to write an opinion piece on a preprint-related topic but don't know where to start or how to approach it?
Don't worry, we are here to help!
Join us on June 19th for the Lunch & Learn event focused on writing a pitch for a preprint-focussed opinion piece

📢 If you are based in Asia and want to contribute to improving research assessment around the world 🌏, consider joining the DORA Steering Committee!

Self-nominations for this role are due May 31, 2024 🗓.

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Missed yesterday's #CoARA webinar on Action Plans? No worries. Find the recording here 🎥 :
youtube.com/watch?v=NUgEH7…

👉Find more information on Action Plans here: coara.eu/agreement/acti…

👉Explore the collection of published Action Plans here: zenodo.org/communities/co…

Fantastic funding opportunity for eligible CoARA members to put their plans into action! And if you’re not a member, this is another great reason to join us!

New report on narrative CVs from Noémie Aubert Bonn James Morris Sean Sapcariu Dr Karen Stroobants: “the workshop highlighted the value and importance of engaging community members in research policy and practice discussions, and the need for continued dialogue.”
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INORMS Initiatives: More Than Our Rank and SCOPE Framework for Research Evaluation sfdora.org/resource/inorm…

Hivemind: can anyone recommend a part-time community engagement consultant who can manage social media, GitHub issues, & a discord channel, and help with user testing for an open science software project?

Looking forward to chatting about (and hopefully demystifying!) reviewing as an academic practice, should be an excellent conversation

ASAPbio is looking to recruit long-term Crowd Leaders for #preprint review activities.
The goal is to create a space for researchers to give feedback on preprints and support public reviews.
More information can be found at buff.ly/3JxfHed.

Very interesting CoARA Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information