A survey of how biology researchers assess credibility when serving on grant and hiring committees.

ABSTRACT: Researchers who serve on grant review and hiring committees have to make decisions about the intrinsic value of research in short periods of time, and research impact metrics such Journal Impact Factor (JIF) exert undue influence on these decisions. Initiatives such as the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) and the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) emphasize responsible use of quantitative metrics and avoidance of journal-based impact metrics for research assessment. Further, our previous qualitative research suggested that assessing credibility, or trustworthiness, of research is important to researchers not only when they seek to inform their own research but also in the context of research assessment committees. To confirm our findings from previous interviews i

SUBMITTER: Hrynaszkiewicz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12812271 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature