| Abstract: |
Assessment of potential academic staff members is necessary for making
recruitment decisions. Amidst growing concern over the use of inappropriate
quantitative indicators for research and researcher evaluation, institutions
have begun to reform their policies to emphasise broader, responsible
researcher assessment. To help implement such reforms, here we share a best
practice Responsible Research(er) Recruitment Checklist for engaging with the
principles of responsible research assessment in the writing of recruitment
materials such as job adverts for research and academic roles. Aligned with
the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) principles, the
checklist provides guidance on how to emphasise the primacy of research
content and researcher contributions to published articles, without reliance
on journal-based metrics. The checklist also recommends that evaluations
consider a broad range of research outputs, and that collaboration,
citizenship, author contributions, and Open Research practices be recognised.
At the time of writing, the checklist is being piloted. |