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Practical Guide for RFOs slide presentations

We are pleased to share two slide decks designed to support the implementation of “A…

A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations

“A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations” provides action-oriented guidance, resources, and illustrative examples, for research funding organizations (RFOs) who are looking to shape and deliver responsible research assessment (RRA) practices.

Practical Guide for RFOs Quick-Reference Sheets

“Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Quick-Reference Sheets from the Practical Guide” is a set…

Practical Guide for RFOs Informational Briefs

“Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Informational Briefs from the Practical Guide” is a set…

Writing and evaluating narrative CVs: Breaking barriers in research funding applications

This guide, “Writing and Evaluating Narrative CVs,” is the one of three resources from the Breaking…

CONCEPT MAP: Barriers and facilitators to adopting narrative CVs by underrepresented researchers.

This concept map, “Barriers and Facilitators to Adopting Narrative CVs by Underrepresented Researchers,” is one of…

Working together for effective narrative CVs: Insights, challenges and next steps.

This report, “Working Together for Effective Narrative CVs: Insights, Challenges, and Next Steps,” is one of three…

Guidance on the responsible use of quantitative indicators in research assessment

This document provides guidance on the use of several indicators (sometimes called metrics) used in research assessment: the Journal Impact Factor and other measurements of journals, citation counts, h-index, field-normalized citation indicators, and altmetrics. Five principles guide the use of these metrics: be clear, be transparent, be specific, be contextual, and be fair.