Research assessment is common in every aspect of scientific research, from publishing the primary results as a PhD to applying for grants and funding or entering the tenure track towards professorship. But how this assessment is conducted is widely debated. Traditional bibliometric methods and indicators have limited reliability, and are open for manipulation, or have been misused in numerous instances.
As an part of the open science movement, the reformation of research assessment and relevance of responsible metrics has become more important. Starting with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) in 2015, followed by the Leiden Manifesto, and more recently the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in 2022, several key initiatives have emerged.
In this talk we provide an overview of the most prominent initiatives, how KIT is involved so far, and what this actually entails for scientists.
Target audience: Scientific staff, Researchers
Lecturer: Juliane Mörsel (KIT)
Date: 22.09.2026 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Tool used: Zoom
Link to the original application here.