Location
School of Law Seminar Room 3.10
Start Date
3-6-2026 4:30 PM
End Date
3-6-2026 5:00 PM
Description
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) Working Group on Recognizing and Rewarding Peer Review has developed a comprehensive framework for reforming how scholarly review is valued within research careers. Our recommendations address a fundamental question: how can peer review, a critical yet often invisible scholarly contribution, be made visible, credited, and meaningfully integrated into research assessment?
Developed through a collaborative effort across 16 European organisations, the Working Group’s outputs offer targeted recommendations for four key stakeholder groups: research performing organizations, research funding bodies, publishers and editors, and individual researchers. These recommendations are structured across five key dimensions:
(1) Openness: promoting transparency and responsible sharing of reviews;
(2) Credit and Recognition: embedding peer review in career and funding assessments;
(3) Support, Infrastructure, and Training: enabling interoperable systems for reviewer credit;
(4) Fairness and Sustainability: distributing reviewing workloads equitably; and
(5) Assessment: integrating qualitative, contextual narratives of peer review into evaluation processes.
This presentation will showcase the Working Group’s findings and discuss how these principles can inform global dialogues on narrative CVs, qualitative impact assessment, open and portable peer review, and societal impact tracking. It aims to connect CoARA’s reform agenda with broader efforts in America, Asia, and Africa, fostering a shared conversation on transforming assessment cultures and valuing the collective labor that sustains science.
Included in
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Recognizing and Rewarding Peer Review: Rethinking Research Assessment for Openness, Fairness, and Global Equity
School of Law Seminar Room 3.10
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) Working Group on Recognizing and Rewarding Peer Review has developed a comprehensive framework for reforming how scholarly review is valued within research careers. Our recommendations address a fundamental question: how can peer review, a critical yet often invisible scholarly contribution, be made visible, credited, and meaningfully integrated into research assessment?
Developed through a collaborative effort across 16 European organisations, the Working Group’s outputs offer targeted recommendations for four key stakeholder groups: research performing organizations, research funding bodies, publishers and editors, and individual researchers. These recommendations are structured across five key dimensions:
(1) Openness: promoting transparency and responsible sharing of reviews;
(2) Credit and Recognition: embedding peer review in career and funding assessments;
(3) Support, Infrastructure, and Training: enabling interoperable systems for reviewer credit;
(4) Fairness and Sustainability: distributing reviewing workloads equitably; and
(5) Assessment: integrating qualitative, contextual narratives of peer review into evaluation processes.
This presentation will showcase the Working Group’s findings and discuss how these principles can inform global dialogues on narrative CVs, qualitative impact assessment, open and portable peer review, and societal impact tracking. It aims to connect CoARA’s reform agenda with broader efforts in America, Asia, and Africa, fostering a shared conversation on transforming assessment cultures and valuing the collective labor that sustains science.