Patryk Hubar-Kołodziejczyk, Dariusz Perliński Research evaluation in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) still struggles to capture many forms of societal impact. Standard metrics such as citation counts, journal impact factors, and h-indices work best in fields where influence travels through formal, indexed publication channels. In SSH, however, the most consequential forms of impact often … Continue reading IMeTo: A Scalable AI Workflow for Documenting SSH Research Impact
Lab’s Framework for innovative SSH research outputs presented at DH Benelux in Amsterdam
At this year’s DH Benelux 2025 in Amsterdam, the OPERAS Innovation Lab presented its latest work on building a practical and inclusive framework for evaluating innovative research outputs in the social sciences and Humanities (SSH). Developed in collaboration with DARIAH-EU and based on international research assessment principles (such as DORA and CoARA), the framework is … Continue reading Lab’s Framework for innovative SSH research outputs presented at DH Benelux in Amsterdam
Join Us in Shaping the Future of the OPERAS Innovation Lab – Online Event in June
We are excited to invite you to a collaborative online event on June 26, 10:00 AM CEST, to discuss the action plan for the OPERAS Innovation Lab, a key initiative supporting innovation in open scholarly communication within the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). In November 2024, we published Guidelines on Publishing and Evaluating Innovative Outputs in Social … Continue reading Join Us in Shaping the Future of the OPERAS Innovation Lab – Online Event in June
A New Approach to Evaluating Innovation in Social Sciences and Humanities
Author: Françoise Gouzi Reviewers: Carol Delmazo Innovation in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) often defies conventional academic evaluation. Groundbreaking digital tools, dynamic research outputs, and novel methodologies are shaping the future of scholarship—yet, outdated assessment methods fail to capture their true impact. In response, the OPERAS Innovation Lab team took a bold step … Continue reading A New Approach to Evaluating Innovation in Social Sciences and Humanities
Impact Measurement Tool (IMeTo)
Measure impact of scientific publications with the power of LLMs, Knowledge Graphs and generative AI Audience Managers of academic institutions, scientific team leaders, administration staff in academia Focus area Impact of science, Knowledge valorisation Current Stage Requirement gathering & analysis to develop a Proof of Concept Impact statement Improve your ability to identify and track … Continue reading Impact Measurement Tool (IMeTo)
Evaluation to foster innovation in RIs in SSH
Author: Davide Emanuele Iannace Reviewers: Françoise Gouzi Evaluation is a key to enlarging the capabilities of the RIs to be innovative actors in their own field. It gives them a key to understand their own kingdom and their reality. Again, it is a moment of reflection and self-assessment, useful to steer the course of action … Continue reading Evaluation to foster innovation in RIs in SSH
How to evaluate innovation in the humanities?
Authors: Maciej Maryl, Magdalena Wnuk The OPERAS’ Lab Observatory sheds light on the innovative technological projects aimed at communicating research results in an untraditional way. The discussion over the needs of such projects is both interesting and inspiring, particularly the requirement of evaluation criteria. The ALLEA report on digital scholarly outputs gives us some useful … Continue reading How to evaluate innovation in the humanities?
(Open!) Peer review – an overview
Author: Jadranka Stojanovski, University of Zadar, Croatia jadranka.stojanovski@irb.hr Reviewers: Karla Avanço, Maciej Maryl Introduction Open science initiatives have gained significant traction in Europe since 2014, spearheaded by the European Commission's efforts to develop guidelines and recommendations and implement open science practices. In recent years, UNESCO has joined these initiatives, expanding its global influence by adopting … Continue reading (Open!) Peer review – an overview
Call for contributions: Open Consultations on innovative outputs in the Humanities
Working with digital outputs in the humanities? Consider contributing to the ALLEA E-Humanities draft recommendations. The ALLEA E-Humanities Working Group launched open consultations concerning draft recommendations on recognising digital scholarly outputs in the humanities. The goal is to gather broad feedback from active humanities researchers and institutions in order to tailor the recommendations to the … Continue reading Call for contributions: Open Consultations on innovative outputs in the Humanities