Online information event “How to avoid predators and understanding the changing landscape of research assessment” (10 Sep 2024)
Researchers increasingly face challenges when it comes to selecting high-quality journals. This issue is particularly important for early career researchers because individual reputations, funding and career paths can be jeopardized by publishing in predatory or sub-optimal journals.
If you interested in this topic, then attend this discussion and information event in English about how to avoid predators and understanding the changing landscape of research assessment, which will take place on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 11:00–12:30 via zoom.
Zoom link here: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/68054477914?pwd=2LOCKaUiKf6XPAcpVL7UkmNFKeKrbo.1
This online event in English will consist of an introduction by Professor Bernhard Brümmer, Göttingen University’s Vice President for Research and Sustainability, followed by a presentation by Dr Birgit Schmidt, Göttingen State and University Library (SUB). There will be an open discussion about how best to select publications to promote your career, as well as the currently much-debated topic of research assessment reform, which aims to move away from a “publish or perish” culture. For more information and to better prepare for the event please see the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment.
11:00 Welcome and introduction by the Vice President for Research Bernhard Brümme
11:05 Presentation: The good, the bad, and the in-between (Birgit Schmidt, SUB)
11:15 Discussion: question and answers
11:45 Wrap-Up Publications and Intro to Research Assessment
11:55 Discussion: Questions and answers
12:25 Short Summary and farewell
12.30 End
In case of queries, contact Melissa Sollich Melissa.Sollich@uni-goettingen.de (Postdoc Coordinator, Göttingen Campus).