The analysis of the available software infrastructures for supporting research assessment reform

Abstract

The CoARA agreement was published in July 2022. There are more than 600 signatories at the moment which agree on the need to reform research assessment practices to recognise the diverse outputs, practices and activities in order to maximize the quality and impact of research. We investigated whether available software infrastructure in the research domain can be used to capture record assets needed for assessment recommended by the CoARA agreement. There is discrepancy between elements needed for the purpose of responsible research assessment and available information in research domain infrastructures. The analysis was conducted as part of the GraspOS project.