The Realization Path of Responsible Research Assessment in the Context of Open Science
The development of open science is changing the ecology of scholarly communication as well as challenging the traditional research evaluation.Therefore,a call for innovation in research assessment is growing.Responsible Research Assessment(RRA)emerges and becomes an important part of the open science policy framework.However,how to realize RRA has become the key issue.Through analyzing the fundamentals of RRA in the context of open science,and summarizing the progress of local and international theories and practices in relevant fields,this paper aims to explore the realization path of RRA to shed light on China's research evaluation under the guidance of breaking the"Siwei".First of all,taking the typical relevant content texts as the data source,combined with the keyword extraction and co-occurrence analysis,it shows that the approach of international RRA takes influence and research quality as the main dimension,and informed peer review as the main keynote as well.Secondly,not only adhering the concept of RRA to top-level design to embody the excellence and influence but also taking root in Chinese context and showing local characteristics,this paper puts forward the three-layer structured framework of China's RRA process path after analyzing the new situation of scholarly communication in China.The identification of the new paradigm of scientific research is employed as the research context,the improvement of macro policies(scientific research funding,management and publication policies)is defined as the research support,and the reform of the evaluation method is used as the research practice.Meanwhile,the diversification of the evaluation subject,the multi-dimensionality of the evaluation content,the precision of the evaluation object,and the evidence-based basis of the evaluation method are considered to be the paths,and then China's evaluation system,which is conducive to dedicated research and innovation,is established so as to answer to the mandatory questions of the scientific research evaluation reform:"who to evaluate","what to evaluate","how to evaluate"and"how to use".This paper concludes that the reform and reconstruction of the research evaluation system is a gradual and continuous optimization process.Thus,establishing the quality awareness,cultivating"impact literacy",and investigating an international consensus on the reform of the evaluation system,thereby improving the interoperability and portability of RRA in parallel to avoid the fragmentation of related theories and practices have become the key to future development.Furthermore,it points out that localizing the concept and realization path of RRA and creating scholarly communication conditions to foster open science may become a new mission of library and information service in China.2 figs.43 refs.
Open scienceResponsible research assessmentResearch qualitySocial impact
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