While the movement to end journal-based metrics for evaluation continues to gain momentum, much progress is still needed for evaluation to actively encourage scholars and researchers to be open. In this panel, we'll look at new research into what happens when we create the wrong incentives for researchers, how evaluation can be done better, and how we can begin to change evaluation systems around the world.
Assistant Professor of Food Systems, University of Vermont
Meredith Niles is an assistant professor in the Nutrition and Food Sciences Department and the Food Systems Initiative at The University of Vermont. Meredith completed a post-doctorate fellowship in sustainability science at Harvard University. Meredith examines food systems sustainability... Read More →
Phd & Project Researcher, Hanken School of Economics
Cenyu Shen is currently conducting her doctoral research on Open Access focusing on studying those OA publishers and journals in the peripheral area such as 'predatory' and 'non-English' ones. Her latest publication titled 'Predatory' open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes... Read More →
Director (Research, Education and Knowledge Exchange), HEFCE
David Sweeney is Director (Research, Education and Knowledge Exchange). In this role he is responsible for research policy and funding (including the Research Excellence Framework), knowledge exchange and health policy. He is also responsible for the Catalyst Fund, the UK Research... Read More →
Librarian and phd student from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, currently interested in alternative metrics for research evaluation and their potential for academics from peripheric/developing countries.
