Central hiring bar to research assessment shift

European research pact to counter ‘prestige economy’ on publishing

Signatories will discuss how to make research assessment fairer and defuse ‘publish or perish’ culture

22 July

Reform of research assessment must avoid unintended consequences

Discontent about the shortage of university posts and funding will also continue regardless of how people are judged, says Jan Palmowski

By Jan Palmowski

19 April

Target talk splits European research assessment reformers

Culture change becomes a numbers game as agreement drafters try to pin down progress without spooking major players

By Ben Upton

30 March

Most European campuses ‘use journal impact factor to judge staff’

Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric

By Anna McKie

3 October

Centralised hiring a barrier to research assessment reform

Systems with national hiring and promotion systems such as Italy, Poland and Spain may struggle the most with European agenda

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Centralised hiring a barrier to research assessment reform

Systems with national hiring and promotion systems such as Italy, Poland and Spain may struggle the most with European agenda

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Related articles

European research pact to counter ‘prestige economy’ on publishing

Reform of research assessment must avoid unintended consequences

Target talk splits European research assessment reformers

Most European campuses ‘use journal impact factor to judge staff’

Related universities

University of Padua

University of Bologna

Leiden University

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