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Process diversity (in assessment)

Recognition in research assessment of the diverse research processes researchers contribute to, including teaching, mentoring, peer review, leadership, software engineering, data curation, public engagement and policy work.

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· Last updated 21 May 2026

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Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A promotion case awards substantial weight to documented mentoring of early-career researchers.
Is an instance
A fellowship explicitly recognises sustained peer-review service for the discipline.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
An assessment form with no fields for mentoring, peer review or community contributions.
Not an instance
Reviewers told to give 'extra credit' for service contributions but with no weighting.

Editorial commentary

Process diversity broadens 'what counts' from outputs to activities. The Hong Kong Principles' fourth principle ('acknowledge a broad range of research activities such as peer review and mentoring') is the most explicit articulation. R4RI/narrative CVs are practical implementations: module 'development of others' captures mentoring; module 'wider research community' captures peer review, editorial work and community service. CoARA Commitment 4 likewise embraces process diversity. Implementing it requires reviewers to weight non-output contributions concretely rather than treating them as 'nice to have'.

References

Moher et al. PLOS Biology, 2020. CoARA Agreement, 2022.

Also known as

Diverse research activities · Activity diversity (assessment)

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