Research assessment

Richtig gemessen?

What makes research excellent? The answer determines, for instance, who is appointed professor at ETH Zurich or which research proposals receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation. But what is the best method for assessing the quality of research?

DORA

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (external page DORA) is directed against the unduly use of publication metrics in the assessment of scientific work. ETH Zurich has external page signed DORA.

 

CoARA

The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is committed to reforming the methods and processes by which research, researchers, and research organisations are evaluated. ETH has signed the external page Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and joined external page CoARA.