Bibliometrics and Research Impact Canadian Community of Practice February Call – Learning to be Responsible: From Recognition to Rankings
The SCOPE framework for research evaluation is a five-stage model for evaluating responsibly. It is a practical step-by-step process designed to help research managers/administrators/librarians, or anyone involved in conducting research evaluations, in planning new evaluations as well as improving existing evaluations. The session will explain the framework and how to apply it to ensure we are evaluating our research organization and researchers in a responsible way. The More Than Our Rank initiative has been developed in response to some of the problematic features and effects of global university rankings. It provides an opportunity for academic institutions to highlight the many and various ways they serve their community and beyond that are not reflected in their various ranking positions. It is an initiative for institutions who are proud of their ranking position but also recognize the limitations of the indicators used and for those who feel that the rankings do not reflect their strengths or institutional mission. The session will explain More Than Our Rank and talk about the international recommendations to join this new initiative as a first step to a more responsible use of international rankings.
We invite those across Canada interested in bibliometrics and research impact indicators, to join this month’s call of the CARL Canadian Bibliometrics and Research Impact (BRI) Community of Practice.
Drs. Erica Conte (Unity Health Toronto) and Baron Wolf (University of Kentucky) are members of the INORMS Research Evaluation Group, which is an international group of research management societies that are working to ensure that research evaluation is meaningful, responsible and effective. During this BRI Community of Practice session, they will outline two major initiatives of the group: 1) the SCOPE framework for responsible research evaluation, and 2) the More Than Our Rank global initiative.