Evaluation of Research IG

The evolution of the evaluation of research from being mostly bibliographic index-based is now recognized to be indispensable to enable Open Science. In the same way that Open Science promotes the open sharing of FAIR data and other research outputs, evaluators must also value and consider these outputs as part of the wider research evaluation framework. The RDA is an appropriate forum for addressing the evolving requirements of research evaluation as they relate to Open Science practices. RDA’s reach across the international community, including research organisations and funders, can help to facilitate and align a global discussion of research evaluation, drawing on data experts from a range of domains.

The Interest Group “Evaluation of Research” organises the discussion on the subject in the RDA, in particular as it relates to data, and also in relation to RDA activities on research software.

Two Birds of a Feather sessions were organised at P19 and P20 respectively to identify the interest of the RDA community in the subject and prepare the Group Charter. The Request for comment period for the IG charter began on 9 May 2023 and ended on 9 June 2023. The IG was endorsed by RDA Council on 21 June 2023.

Since it was endorsed by the Council, the IG held sessions at P21 and P22, and submitted a session proposal for P23, which is scheduled. The first IG output, RDA Value for the Evaluation of Research, was submitted to RfC on 2 July 2024.

RFC page for the IG charter: https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/evaluation-research-ig/case-statement/…

BoF and IG Sessions at RDA Plenaries

P19: https://www.rd-alliance.org/evaluation-research

P20: https://www.rd-alliance.org/evaluation-research-0

P21: Evaluation of Research: Kick-off Plenary Meeting – Community Perspectives 

P22: RDA in the Evaluation of Research Landscape

P23: Evaluation of Research: Leveraging liaisons