"Reviews are also produced free of charge, and editors often work without pay. This is how journals and publishers make a profit based on the prestige of their journals and the pressure to publish. This must change. But instead of resolutely tackling such systematic errors, we still talk too much about individual misconduct." (Anna Abalkina, in F&L interview, translated with DeepL)
"on predatory academic journals and conferences" https://patthomson.net/2025/07/16/on-predatory-academic-journals-and-conferences/
#predatorypublishing #academicpublishing #researchassessment
Keynote announcement!
We’re excited to announce Maria Chiara Carrozza as keynote speaker at Opening Research Assesssment on Thursday, 13 November 2025 (9:45–10:45).
Maria Chiara Carrozza is a Full Professor of Bioengineering and Biorobotics in the Department of Psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, and served as President of the Italian National Research Council from 2021 to 2025.
Her keynote talk "Align, Act, Accelerate. A perspective on Open Science and Responsible Research Assessment" will focus on the report of the Commission Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe, which provides recommendations to maximise the impact of EU Research and Innovation programmes.
Learn more: https://graspos.eu/maria-chiara-carrozza Register: https://graspos.eu/graspos-conference-2025
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #OpeningRA #CNR @CoARAssessment @DORAssessment @OpenAIRE @opencitations @cwts
Research outputs evolve, but for fair and transparent #ResearchAssessment, their #metadata shouldn't.
In our latest article, OpenAIRE's CTO Paolo Manghi outlines why stable metadata is essential for trustworthy #ResearchAssessment & how the @OpenAIREGraph helps make that possible.
-Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3fnmk9h5
#Metadata mutability may sound harmless, but it can distort research metrics and misattribute credit.
To ensure fair and responsible #ResearchAssessment in #OpenScience, freezing and versioning metadata is critical.
Here, #OpenAIREGraph CTO @paolomanghi breaks down both the risks and possible solutions.
Read the article: https://www.openaire.eu/the-mutable-truth-why-freezing-and-versioning-metadata-is-essential-for-open-science-research-assessment
#FAIRData #OpenData #OpenAccess #ScholarlyKnowledgeGraph #ScientificKnowledgeGraph
Keynote Speaker Announcement!
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr @lizziegadd as keynote speaker at Opening Research Assessment on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 (9:45–10:45).
As Head of Research Culture & Assessment at Loughborough University, Vice Chair of #CoARA, and Chair of the #INORMS Research Evaluation Group, Lizzie actively contributes to international discussions on responsible research assessment. In her keynote, “Should we be assessing openness openly or at all?”, she will explore the unintended consequences of current assessment reforms and how we can build fair, inclusive systems that truly incentivise Open Science.
Learn more: https://graspos.eu/elizabeth-gadd Register: https://graspos.eu/graspos-conference-2025
#ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #OpeningRA
@CoARAssessment @OpenAIRE @opencitations @DORAssessment @cwts
Damian Pattinson of @eLife (and my former boss at PLOS ONE) at The Royal Society's Future of Scientific Publishing conference describes the devastating effect on their submissions of Clarivate removing their Impact Factor due to their change in peer review model, then asks why other journals, including Science, don't renounce their own IFs.
EARLY BIRDS for #OSFair2025 CLOSE tomorrow, 15 July!
Don’t miss out!
Join leading voices in #OpenScience at the #CERN Science Gateway in Geneva, from 15 to 17 September.
Explore the programme: https://shorturl.at/4hxGf
Register now: https://shorturl.at/BW9as
@OpenAIRE #OpenScienceImpact #ResearchAssessment #OpenInfrastructure #Collaboration
German science organizations publish new strategic paper on #OpenScience and #ResearchAssessment frameworks:
"The future development of assessment processes for research activity in the context of open science"
DE: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818267
EN: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15836010
Excerpt:
Just a few days left to submit your contrbution!
We invite poster submissions that engage with the themes of Opening Research Assessment, the Final Conference of #GraspOS:
- Open infrastructures for responsible research assessment
- Transparency and inclusivity of the assessment processes
- Recognition of contributions to Open Science
Submit your extended abstract by Friday, 12 July 2025. Conference programme: https://graspos.eu/graspos-conference-2025 Poster Guidelines: https://graspos.eu/call-for-poster-contributions
#OpeningRA #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #CoARA #BarcelonaDORI
@CoARAssessment @OpenAIRE @opencitations @cwtsadmin @BarcelonaDORI @inria
Blog post out!
At #ISSI2025 in Yerevan, Natalia Manola & Zenia Xenou introduced MyResearchFolio, a new #OpenAIRE pilot that blends narrative CVs & indicators from the @OpenAIREGraph
> Built on @graspos & #OPUS
> @CoARAssessment -aligned
> Syncs with @ORCID_Org & CRIS
-Read more: https://shorturl.at/IYgHx
How can we responsibly assess research that champions openness, collaboration and real-world impact?
At #OSFair2025, the Research Assessment track brings together experts exploring new practices, infrastructures, and ethical frameworks.
6 sessions + 3 posters covering reform, monitoring, policy, and beyond.
Join us: https://www.opensciencefair.eu/registration-2025
#OSFair2025 #OpenScience #ResearchAssessment #Infrastructure #SciencePolicy #OpenAIRE #CERN @CERN @OpenAIRE
Registration is OPEN and the programme is OUT for Opening Research Assessment, the Final Conference of the GraspOS Project!
The event will present key outcomes and insights of the GraspOS project, and will feature invited talks and expert panels addressing critical topics for advancing a responsible research assessment system that fully embraces Open Science principles.
Take a look at the preliminary programme, it includes a detailed schedule of sessions and confirmed keynote speakers: Dr Elizabeth Gadd and Maria Chiara Carrozza.
An important update: The poster submission deadline has been extended to 12 July, you still have time to submit a contribution!
Programme: https://graspos.eu/graspos-conference-2025 Registration: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=n07GNH_S3U6h8BOX8MhPlAsc_n7vxrxBlEbyQCey1ZlUMk5MQ1RZQVlTUEhRS0szVEdKMFkxWDNKOS4u&route=shorturl Call for Posters Guidelines: https://graspos.eu/call-for-poster-contributions
Check your mail! In the latest edition of the #GraspOS newsletter, learn about: Opening Research Assessment: Registration is now open and the Programme is out! https://graspos.eu/graspos-conference-2025
The SCOPE+i Framework developed in the project #GraspOSChats with Serafeim Chatzopoulos News from GraspOS partners and the Open Science and RRA community
& more in the newsletter 
https://mailchi.mp/1b29917cce74/graspos-newsletter-12749097
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#OpenScience #ResearchAssessment #OpeningRA #ReformingRA #CoARA #EOSC
@opencitations @OpenAIRE @CoARAssessment @DORAssessment
Yesterday, we wrapped up another successful edition of our course Bibliometric Data Sources and Indicators at CWTS, @universiteitleiden University.
It was a great week of discussions on bibliometric indicators, open research information, new data sources like #OpenAlex, #preprinting, and the challenges of transparent #ResearchAssessment.
Thank you to all participants for their active engagement and to our lecturers Clara Calero Medina, @vtraag Traag and @LudoWaltman!
One thing we are working on in the ATRIUM project is the assessment of non-traditional research outputs in the Humanities. I have written a blogpost to explain why, what and how: https://dariahopen.hypotheses.org/2113 #openmethods #ATRIUMproject #overlayjournals #openaccess #researchassessment cc @dariaheu
Coming up next week: #GraspOS Community of Practice meeting on the Opportunities and Challenges of Assessing Open Science.
The discussion will dive into the technical and social challenges of assessing Open Science in a fair an inclusive manner, and explore the opportunities that research assessment reform movements may present to include Open Science.
11 June 2025, 14:00-15:00 CEST
@lizziegadd (@INORMS_REG and @CoARAssessment) and Natalia Manola (@OpenAIRE)
https://graspos.eu/community-of-practice-on-open-science-and-responsible-research-assessment
Calling researchers, practitioners & innovators!
There’s still time to submit your poster presentation for the GraspOS Conference: Opening Research Assessment.
We’re looking for original, relevant, and thought-provoking contributions that support more open, inclusive and responsible research evaluation systems.
*Deadline: July 5th
-Submission form & guidelines: https://graspos.eu/conference
Last week, just after the #WOOC2025, the GraspOS Consortium met in sunny Bologna, hosted by our partners from the University of Bologna.
The plenary meeting featured productive discussions to prepare for the next steps and final phase of the project.
#ReformingRA #ResearchAssessment #OpenInfrastructures
@OpenAIRE @inria
@cwts
@opencitations
@utrechtuniversity @BarcelonaDORI @INORMS_REG
You have mail, the May newsletter is out! This month, you will find news about:
The Call for Posters for the #GraspOS Final Conference 'Opening Research Assessment' is now open! Submit your contribution by 5th July. The criteria and guidelines are available here: https://graspos.eu/graspos-conference-2025 Connecting the Dots: an interview on Recognising & Rewarding Open Science in Research Assessment. https://graspos.eu/connecting-the-dots-cross-project-conversations The @CoARAssessment WG #OI4RRA published the Conceptual Architecture for the Implementation of a Responsible Research Assessment Framework Built on Open Infrastructures. https://graspos.eu/oi4rra-conceptual-architecture New outputs from the Research on Research Institute for next-generation research assessment. https://researchonresearch.org/next-generation-research-assessment/ Join the Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata 2025 online, starting in two days! @opencitations @BarcelonaDORI https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelGEfZ4gpe2_Ps55OpMmVa82xxMoYiOzSq6AmZlHK421-csA/viewform?usp=send_form
And more inside https://mailchi.mp/5f9dd675c5d5/graspos-newsletter-12747846
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