Research on Research

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Research on Research is a growing area of scholarship dedicated to the study of research itself. Research evidence produced in this area is crucial to fostering improvement in research and change in making the culture and practice of research more efficient, fairer, more inclusive, and more impactful.

This collection will focus around key themes in the evolving discipline of Research on Research, including but not limited to:

Research practices
Research ethics and responsible research conduct
Scholarly communication
Open Science
Research infrastructures

The following collections in Research on Research are also available:

Collection advisors: Mikael Laakso (Hanken School of Economics, Finland), Daphne Truijens (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Open Letter

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When science meets entrepreneurship

Authors: Dara Satrio, Vanessa Rijkeboer, Angelica Reitsma, Edo Roos Lindgreen, Katja C. Wolthers, Dasja Pajkrt

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Danny Soetanto, James Dzisah, NOORLIZAWATI ABD RAHIM, SILA KAYA-CAPOCCI

Published: January 13, 2023
Research Article

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Open digital infrastructures for bridging professional cultures: the case of extreme citizen science between journalism and research

Authors: Jonathan Chibois, Alessia Smaniotto

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Mordechai Haklay, marta SEVERO

Published: January 6, 2023
Open Letter
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Community-driven governance of FAIRness assessment: an open issue, an open discussion

Authors: Mark D. Wilkinson, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Eva Méndez, Romain David, Richard Dennis, David Hecker, Mari Kleemola, Carlo Lacagnina, Anastasija Nikiforova, Leyla Jael Castro

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Francoise Genova, Luiz Gadelha, Mark Leggott, Sheeba Samuel

Published: September 6, 2023
Essay

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Voicing challenges: GDPR and AI research

Authors: Katherine Quezada-Tavarez, Lidia Dutkiewicz, Noémie Krack

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Dimitra Georgiou, Oya Beyan

Published: November 23, 2022
Essay
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Humanizing science: seven actions for PhD students to become next generation, future-proof scientists

Authors: Ingrid Valks, Dara Satrio, Angelica Reitsma, Katja Wolthers, Kris Dierickx, Kim Benschop, Dasja Pajkrt, OrganoVIR

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Basil Cahusac de Caux, Kim Brown, Liezel Frick, Sara Cotterall

Published: October 23, 2023
Research Article

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How do career promotion policies affect research publications and open access?

Authors: Nancy Pontika, Bikash Gyawali, Antonia Corriea, Helene Brinken, David Pride, Matteo Cancellieri, Petr Knoth

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Jeremy Buck, Nicolás Robinson-Garcia, PABLO SASTRON-TOLEDO, Rob Johnson

Published: August 22, 2022
Open Letter
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Joint controllers in large research consortia: a funnel model to distinguish controllers in the sense of the GDPR from other partners in the consortium

Authors: Evert-Ben Van Veen, Martin Boeckhout, Irene Schlünder, Jan Willem Boiten, Vasco Dias

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alexander Bernier, Anne BAHR, Javed Ahmed, Jiahong Chen

Published: February 9, 2024
Research Article
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New trends in science communication fostering evidence-informed policymaking

Authors: Gábor Szüdi, Pamela Bartar, Gorazd Weiss, Giuseppe Pellegrini, Marina Tulin, Tessa Oomen

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Chiara Cadeddu, Laura SMILLIE

Published: October 24, 2023
Research Article
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A data-driven global observatory addressing worldwide challenges through text mining and complex data visualisation

Authors: Joao Costa, M. Besher Massri, Marko Grobelnik, Ignacio Casals del Busto, Dale Weston

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Angel Miguel Garcia Vico, Carson Leung, Farah Jemili, Haowen Xu

Published: December 7, 2023
Research Article

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Quantifying the influence of Open Access on innovation and patents

Authors: Najko Jahn, Thomas Klebel, David Pride, Petr Knoth, Tony Ross-Hellauer

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: ElHassan ElSabry, Federico Caviggioli

Published: May 24, 2022
Research Article
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Experimenting with visual content: online focus group on citizens’ perception and trust in science communication

Authors: Chiara Piccolo, Giuseppe Pellegrini, Marina Tulin, Gábor Szüdi, Pamela Bartar

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Carolina Llorente, Letizia Caporusso

Published: March 30, 2023
Essay
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Global indicators framework for socially responsible research and innovation (RRI): Aligning standards to monitor public and researcher perspectives with the UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers

Authors: Eric A. Jensen

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Lukasz Nazarko, Penny Haworth, Sara Wilford

Published: August 2, 2023
Brief Report
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FAIR4Health: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data to foster Health Research

Authors: Celia Alvarez-Romero, Alicia Martínez-García, A. Anil Sinaci, Mert Gencturk, Eva Méndez, Tony Hernández-Pérez, Rosa Liperoti, Carmen Angioletti, Matthias Löbe, Nagarajan Ganapathy, Thomas M. Deserno, Marta Almada, Elisio Costa, Catherine Chronaki, Giorgio Cangioli, Ronald Cornet, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Jonás Carmona-Pírez, Antonio Gimeno-Miguel, Antonio Poncel-Falcó, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Tomi Kovacevic, Bojan Zaric, Darijo Bokan, Sanja Hromis, Jelena Djekic Malbasa, Carlos Rapallo Fernández, Teresa Velázquez Fernández, Jessica Rochat, Christophe Gaudet-Blavignac, Christian Lovis, Patrick Weber, Miriam Quintero, Manuel M. Perez-Perez, Kevin Ashley, Laurence Horton, Carlos Luis Parra Calderón

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Anupama Gururaj, Gary Saunders, Salvador CAPELLA GUTIERREZ

Published: May 31, 2022
Essay
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Defining discovery: Is Google Scholar a discovery platform? An essay on the need for a new approach to scholarly discovery

Authors: Kelly Achenbach, Marta Błaszczyńska, Stefano De Paoli, Francesca Di Donato, Suzanne Dumouchel, Paula Forbes, Peter Kraker, Michela Vignoli

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Jefferson Pooley, ROBERTA BRACCIALE

Published: June 7, 2022
Open Letter
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The Embassy of Good Science – a community driven initiative to promote ethics and integrity in research

Authors: Marc van Hoof, Natalie Evans, Giulia Inguaggiato, Ana Marušić, Bert Gordijn, Kris Dierickx, David van Zeggeren, Harald Dunnik, Alexander Gesinn, Lex Bouter, Guy Widdershoven, EnTIRE and VIRT2UE consortia

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Donald Sharpe, Izak van Zyl, Jennifer Byrne

Published: January 12, 2023
Open Letter
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Linking policy and practice in monitoring socially responsible research and innovation (RRI): A conceptual framework to evaluate progress through the UNESCO-led Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers

Authors: Eric Allen Jensen

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Justus WESSELER, Kutoma WAKUNUMA, Raúl TABARÉS, Simon Fielke, Steven Umbrello, Tim Jennerjahn

Published: July 24, 2023
Method Article

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Developing and testing the GlobalSCAPE science communicator diary survey: methodological pilot research findings to improve a repeated-measures survey design

Authors: Eric A. Jensen, Aaron M. Jensen, Sarah Noles, Axel Pfleger

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Sara Yeo

Published: February 8, 2022
Case Study
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A reflection on participatory research methodologies in the light of the COVID-19 – lessons learnt from the European Research Project TRIPS

Authors: Alexandra König, Tally Hatzakis, Alexey (Aliaksei) Andrushevich, Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, Elvia Vasconcelos, Carolina Launo, Laura Alčiauskaitė, Steven Barbosa, Kristina Andersen

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Angelos Amditis, Vera Köpsel

Published: March 29, 2022
Data Note
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Evaluating researcher and stakeholder perspectives on socially responsible research and innovation policies and practices in marine and maritime research performing organisations

Authors: Eric A. Jensen, Lars Lorenz

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Bernard Naughton, Mercedes Ruiz-Lozano, Ross Bailie, Sergio Urueña López

Published: July 20, 2023
Research Article

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Enabling transdisciplinary research: Suggestions for avoiding `road-blocks' based on a case study Suggestions for avoiding ‘road-blocks’ based on a case study.

Authors: Martin Coath, Ilona Mettiäinen, Roxana Contreras, Jusu Toivonen, John Moore

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Berry Billingsley, John Damm Scheuer

Published: December 3, 2021
Systematic Review
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Effective inter-organisational networks for Responsible Research and Innovation and global sustainability: a scoping review

Authors: Danielle Martine Farrugia, Silvia Leonor Vilches, Alexander Gerber

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Alice MacGillivray, Penny Haworth

Published: July 20, 2022
Data Note

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Data from a survey on the impact of the pandemic on early-stage academics

Authors: Edyta Swider-Cios, Katalin Solymosi, Mangala Srinivas

Funders: Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Karolina Lendak-Kabók, Tevfik Murat Yildirim

Published: November 17, 2021
Essay
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Evidence-based research impact praxis: Integrating scholarship and practice to ensure research benefits society

Authors: Eric A. Jensen, Mark Reed, Aaron M. Jensen, Alexander Gerber

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: David Phipps, Elyse Louise Aurbach, Kathryn Watson, Pedro Gallo

Published: August 4, 2023
Research Article
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Mapping research on the social impact of the arts: what characterises the field?

Authors: Sofia Lindström Sol, Cia Gustrén, Gustaf Nelhans, Johan Eklund, Jenny Johannisson, Roger Blomgren

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Jennifer Novak-Leonard, Nanna Kann-Rasmussen

Published: August 18, 2022
Method Article

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Researching and practicing ARTIVISM through field-crossing: an innovative method for collaborative research

Authors: Monika Salzbrunn

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Carolyne Ali-Khan, Daniel Bertaux, Paula Serafini

Published: September 13, 2021