The Atlas of Assessment: A new web resource comparing national research assessment systems around the world
Alex Rushforth
(Leiden University)
Geanina Beres
(RoRI)
Nino Gogadze
(Leiden University)
Gunnar Sivertsen
(Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education)
Peter Kolarz
(Research on Research Institute (RoRI))
Paper Short Abstract
This poster will introduce Atlas of Assessment, a website mapping national research evaluation systems worldwide. By simplifying complex differences, it enables researchers and policymakers to compare, learn, and understand diverse national research assessment practices via its interactive platform.
Paper Abstract
The number of national research assessment systems has expanded dramatically across many countries in recent years, although there is no single formula. In fact, designs and rationales vary considerably, from performance based funding systems to feedback-oriented advisory procedures, from systems relying on qualitative peer review to quantitative bibliometrics methods, and from those focusing on evaluating the performance of individual researchers to entire universities or disciplines, the sheer diversity is disorientating. Given this situation, what can be learnt from comparing diverse national systems and how can this be done in a legible, accessible way to support mutual learning?
Step forward the Atlas of Assessment, a state-of-the-art web resource presenting expertly curated data on national research assessment systems from around the world. Based on a cutting-edge typology that simplifies, categorizes and compares multiple dimensions of these complex systems, the Atlas will serve as a publicly available resource enabling policymakers, institutional leaders and researchers to browse countries, highlight regional trends, and learn about what others are doing.
The Atlas will be launched in the weeks running up to Metascience 2025.
The aim of this poster will be to introduce meta-researchers to this new resource, walk them through its main features, provide navigation instructions, suggest potential use cases, and provide a QR link to the website.
The Atlas of Assessment is a non-commercial product, publicly available to all. It is a co-production effort between meta-researchers in the Research on Research Institute's AGORRA project and expert policymakers and funding administrators from 13 countries (and counting).
Accepted Poster
Paper Short Abstract
Paper Abstract
The number of national research assessment systems has expanded dramatically across many countries in recent years, although there is no single formula. In fact, designs and rationales vary considerably, from performance based funding systems to feedback-oriented advisory procedures, from systems relying on qualitative peer review to quantitative bibliometrics methods, and from those focusing on evaluating the performance of individual researchers to entire universities or disciplines, the sheer diversity is disorientating. Given this situation, what can be learnt from comparing diverse national systems and how can this be done in a legible, accessible way to support mutual learning?
Step forward the Atlas of Assessment, a state-of-the-art web resource presenting expertly curated data on national research assessment systems from around the world. Based on a cutting-edge typology that simplifies, categorizes and compares multiple dimensions of these complex systems, the Atlas will serve as a publicly available resource enabling policymakers, institutional leaders and researchers to browse countries, highlight regional trends, and learn about what others are doing.
The Atlas will be launched in the weeks running up to Metascience 2025.
The aim of this poster will be to introduce meta-researchers to this new resource, walk them through its main features, provide navigation instructions, suggest potential use cases, and provide a QR link to the website.
The Atlas of Assessment is a non-commercial product, publicly available to all. It is a co-production effort between meta-researchers in the Research on Research Institute's AGORRA project and expert policymakers and funding administrators from 13 countries (and counting).
Poster session
Session 1 Tuesday 1 July, 2025, -