Research Assessment & Rankings
National research assessment exercises, university rankings, and reform of how research is evaluated — REF, CoARA, DORA implementation, and responsible-metrics developments.
Coverage (9)
- CoARA Action Plans: Values Over Practice
A 2026 Scientometrics analysis of 248 CoARA action plans finds aspirational ‘values’ language far outweighs concrete operational commitments to open science.…
- DORA, CoARA Host Asia-Pacific RRA Workshop
DORA, FORCE11, CoARA and ALLEA convened funders, publishers and universities in Singapore to compare Asia-Pacific approaches to research-assessment reform.…
- DORA, GRC, and Science Europe Publish RFO Guide
In May 2026, DORA, the Global Research Council’s Responsible Research Assessment Working Group, and Science Europe jointly published a practical implementation guide for research funding organizations…
- EC Study: What 263 ARRA Action Plans Reveal
The European Commission’s June 2026 study analysed 263 ARRA action plans, finding reform engagement broad and growing but uneven across Europe.…
- NZ Scraps PBRF, Australia’s ERA Still Stalled
New Zealand has cancelled PBRF quality evaluation for good; Australia’s ERA replacement remains undesigned three years after ERA ended in 2023.…
- ResearchGate Retires RG Score for RI Score
ResearchGate retired the opaque RG Score around 2022 for the Research Interest (RI) Score, a formula weighting citations, recommendations, and reads.…
- OECD’s 2026 Report “Reforming Research Assessment for Better Science”: What It Found
In April 2026 the OECD published a policy brief, Reforming Research Assessment for Better Science, finding that assessment still relies on narrow metrics that undervalue collaboration, openness, and s…
- MA3 Challenge: US research-assessment reform moves from declaration to implementation
MA3 (Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement) is a US-specific research-assessment reform initiative, distinct from DORA and CoARA: it funds a defined cohort of universities to actually rebuild…
- REF 2029: Pause Ends, Weightings and Output Rules Confirmed
REF 2029 criteria-setting paused 4 Sept 2025, resumed 10 Dec 2025: CKU/E&I/SPRE weightings, a 5-output cap, and lighter impact rules are now confirmed.…
