Date: February 8, 2024
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
We invite those across Canada interested in bibliometrics and research impact indicators, to join this month’s call of the CARL Canadian Bibliometrics and Research Impact (BRI) Community of Practice.
Drs. Erica Conte (Unity Health Toronto) and Baron Wolf (University of Kentucky) are members of the INORMS Research Evaluation Group, which is an international group of research management societies that are working to ensure that research evaluation is meaningful, responsible and effective. During this BRI Community of Practice session, they will outline two major initiatives of the group: 1) the SCOPE framework for responsible research evaluation, and 2) the More Than Our Rank global initiative.
The SCOPE framework for research evaluation is a five-stage model for evaluating responsibly. It is a practical step-by-step process designed to help research managers/administrators/librarians, or anyone involved in conducting research evaluations, in planning new evaluations as well as improving existing evaluations. The session will explain the framework and how to apply it to ensure we are evaluating our research organization and researchers in a responsible way. The More Than Our Rank initiative has been developed in response to some of the problematic features and effects of global university rankings. It provides an opportunity for academic institutions to highlight the many and various ways they serve their community and beyond that are not reflected in their various ranking positions. It is an initiative for institutions who are proud of their ranking position but also recognize the limitations of the indicators used and for those who feel that the rankings do not reflect their strengths or institutional mission. The session will explain More Than Our Rank and talk about the international recommendations to join this new initiative as a first step to a more responsible use of international rankings.
Speakers’ Bios
Erica Conte obtained her PhD in Physiology from Western University (Canada), and has diverse work experience in academics, industry and research administration. Within these roles she has developed expertise in research assessment, strategic planning, communication, institutional leadership, as well as both traditional and philanthropic research funding. At Unity Health Toronto, an affiliated research hospital of the University of Toronto, she is currently the Director of Funding Strategy and Stewardship, where she supports the full breadth of health research spanning fundamental science through to translational research, health services/policy and knowledge translation. She has been an active member of the Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) since 2014, and is a member of the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group, where she helps to develop tools to support responsible research assessment and improve our use of global and national rankings in research.
Baron Wolf has experience working in institutional research, effectiveness, assessment and strategic planning within higher education. His work has focused on the use of data analytics to make strategic business decisions and process improvement. He is a member of the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Working Group. Baron serves as the Assistant Vice President for Research & Chief of Staff at the University of Kentucky. In this role, he serves senior leadership as an advisor on strategic priorities, programs, and services that support the research community across campus. In addition, he is the Director of Research Analytics which maintains robust research business intelligence tools, data analytics, reporting, analysis, and assessment tools.
Community Calls are organized by the CARL Canadian Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Steering Committee:
- Philippe Boisvert, Université Laval
- Laura Bredahl, University of Waterloo
- Christine Brodeur, NRC / CNRC
- Thane Chambers, University of Alberta
- Rachel Couban, McMaster University
- Monique Grenier, University of Victoria
- Mindy Thuna, University of Toronto
