Frameworks for responsible metrics: Challenges and solutions
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The document discusses frameworks for responsible metrics, emphasizing that they are just the starting point in a broader journey. It highlights the importance of ownership, the inclusion of stakeholders like funders, and the need for responsible peer review alongside metrics. Additionally, it suggests that metrics should also address competency levels among evaluators and policymakers.
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Frameworks for responsible metrics: Challenges and solutions
- 1. Frameworks for responsible metrics Challenges & Solutions Dr Elizabeth Gadd
- 2. 1. Frameworks are the beginning, not the end, of a RM journey. Solutions: • Communities of practice? • Codes of practice? • Pre-agreed evaluative frameworks? – Henk Moed, The Bibliomagician
- 3. 2. Frameworks need an owner • Solutions: • Frameworks should specify who is responsible for implementation • Champions?
- 4. 3. Frameworks only cover the metrics under our control, not those outwith Solutions: • Funders and suppliers should also work within frameworks for responsible use of metrics • Work as a sector to improve or abandon nonsensical world university rankings
- 5. 4. Responsible peer review is just as important as responsible metrics. The frameworks don't address this. Solutions: • Sector-wide guidance on – responsible peer review – the right balance between metrics and peer review
- 6. 5. Frameworks need to apply to our people as much as our metrics Solutions: • Bibliometric competencies exist for data and analysis domains • Do we need minimum competency levels across evaluation and policy domains too?