The document discusses concerns researchers have about engaging in open scholarship practices for hiring, promotion and tenure evaluations. Researchers cite worries that open peer-reviewed publications or publishing in open access journals will not be valued equally to traditional closed publications. It suggests that in order to increase open scholarship, evaluation practices must change to properly incentivize and reward open work. The document calls for reevaluating current research assessment methods and increasing understanding of what evaluation practices best support open scholarship activities.

1. Research Evaluation:
Let’s Make ‘Open’ Count!

2. “I’m all for open scholarship…
but…”
What we often hear from researchers:

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“…I also want a
promotion and
tenure”

4. Researchers often cite concerns
about hiring, promotion, and tenure
evaluations as a top reason they do
not share their work.

5. The case of my disappearing PeerJ paper
https://peerj.com/articles/57/

6. My paper disappeared because of
impact factor worship
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7. If we want things to change, we have
to change the incentives.
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8. How should we evaluate research?
How can we reward ‘open’?
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9. It starts by knowing what we’re doing
right and wrong…

10. How you can help
http://www.opencon2016.org/research_evaluation
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