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Research Assessments Should Recognize Responsible Research Practices. Narrative Review of a Lively Debate and Promising Developments
No full textResearch assessments have been under growing scrutiny in the past few years. The way in which researchers are assessed has a tangible impact on decisions and practices in research. Yet, there is an emerging understanding that research assessments as they currently stand might hamper the quality and the integrity of research. In this chapter, we provide a narrative review of the shortcomings of current research assessments and showcase innovative actions that aim to address these. To discuss these shortcomings and actions, we target five different dimensions of research assessment. First, we discuss the content of research assessment, thereby introducing the common indicators used to assess researchers and the way these indicators are being used. Second, we address the procedure of research assessments, describing the resources needed for assessing researchers in an ever-growing research system. Third, we describe the crucial role of assessors in improving research assessments. Fourth, we present the broader environments in which researchers work, explaining that omnipresent competition and employment insecurity also need to be toned down substantially to foster high quality and high integrity research. Finally, we describe the challenge of coordinating individual actions to ensure that the problems of research assessments are addressed tangibly and sustainably
Are preprints a problem? 5 ways to improve the quality and credibility of preprints
No full textPreprints are research reports have that have not yet been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. They have increased rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, high profile discredited studies have led to concerns that speed has been prioritized over the quality and credibility of evidence. Joeri Tijdink, Mario Malicki, Lex Bouter and Gowri Gopalakrishna argue that all stakeholders of the science system have a responsibility in improving the quality and credibility of pre-prints. They outline 5 steps by which this can be achieved
Neck Pain: a pain in the neck? : A study of therapeutic modalities and clinimetrics
Full text linkVet, H.C.W. de [Promotor]Bouter, L.M. [Promotor]Ostelo, R.W.J.G. [Copromotor
Replication is both possible and desirable in the humanities, just as it is in the sciences
No full textSome scholars have claimed that replication – the independent repetition of an earlier study, answering the same study question, using the same or similar methods under the same or similar circumstances – is not possible in the humanities. The reasoning is that the humanities search for cultural meaning can yield multiple valid answers, and that research objects are people and thus interactive entities. This may be true, suggest Rik Peels and Lex M. Bouter, but it does not automatically follow that replication is not possible. It is a desirable feature for empirical studies in the humanities to be replicable, and it is equally desirable that the project of carrying out replication studies in the humanities gets off the ground
COSMIN: Development and evaluation of a checklist to assess the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties
Full text linkVet, H.C.W. de [Promotor]Bouter, L.M. [Promotor]Terwee, C.B. [Copromotor
Hyperhomocysteinemia, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Hoorn study
Full text linkBouter, L.M. [Promotor]Heine, R.J. [Promotor]Kostense, P.J. [Copromotor]Stehouwer, C.D.A. [Copromotor
Nederlandse gedragscode wetenschappelijke integriteit
No full textOp initiatief van KNAW, NFU, NWO, TO2-federatie, Vereniging Hogescholen en de VSNU heeft de commissie bestaande uit Keimpe Algra (voorzitter), Lex Bouter, Ton Hol en Jan van Kreveld, een nieuwe Nederlandse gedragscode wetenschappelijke integriteit opgesteld
Publish & Perish: Research on research and researchers
Full text linkSmulders, Y.M. [Promotor]Bouter, L.M. [Promotor
Shoulder Pain: Prediction of outcome in primary care
Full text linkBouter, L.M. [Promotor]Windt, D.A.W.M. van der [Copromotor
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