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Research assessment: what is DORA?
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is a global initiative intended to guide the way in which research is assessed at the point of recruitment and promotion, and in the awarding of project funding. Since 2012, all actors involved in the evaluation of research – research performing and …
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evaluate
quality assessment
RSpace: how do I use this ELN?
RSpace (software provided by ResearchSpace) is an online tool that allows researchers and students to effectively document their research progress.
Ghent University has made the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) RSpace available for all researchers. Other ELN tools are not supported by DICT.
When to use?You can use Lab Notebooks for …
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integrity
kwalitatief onderzoek
research data management
Research Data Management: What is RDM?
Research Data Management (RDM) is a broad term that encompasses all practices and actions to ensure that research data are secure, sustainable, and easy to find, understand and (re)use, not only during a research project, but also in the longer term. Taking proper care of data is an essential …
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open science
research data management
GDPR: Can I share research data with personal data with other researchers or institutions when my research project has ended?
The GDPR does not prevent research data containing personal data from being shared with other researchers for reproducibility and reuse after the research.
What are the conditions for the reuse of personal data?
- Sufficient technical and organizational measures must be taken such as pseudonymization, limitation of access to the data, …
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GDPR
research data management
Consent in research – ethics & privacy (GDPR)
To obtain valuable data & insights, research often involves …
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ethics
GDPR
research data management
GenAI: Writing a (postdoctoral) research proposal
You are writing a research proposal and would like to use AI tools in the process. Perhaps you want to have your proposal checked for language errors, rewritten, translated... or you want to generate graphics and/or images. You may also want to incorporate AI into your research in another way, …
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academic writing
academisch schrijven
ethics
ethiek
integriteit
integrity
onderzoeksvraag
research question
GenAI: Writing a scientific article
You are writing a scientific article or a contribution for a book and would like to use AI tools. Maybe you want to have your article/contribution checked for language errors, rewritten, translated... or you want to generate graphics and/or images. Is that allowed? And what should you definitely take into …
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academic writing
academisch schrijven
ethics
ethiek
integriteit
integrity
onderzoeksvraag
research question
Research assessment: what are ARRA and CoARA?
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) brings together research institutions, research funders, national accreditation agencies, scientific academies and their umbrella organizations, all aiming for a global reform of how research and researchers are evaluated. All CoARA members have signed the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA). Central to …
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evaluate
quality assessment
Research Assessment: guidelines for evaluators
Ghent University is committed to evaluating research in a responsible manner. In doing so, Ghent University aims to recognize and value a broad range of research activities, diverse forms of impact, different career profiles, etc. Responsible evaluation helps Ghent University to do justice to the diversity in research, across …
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evaluate
Research visibility: approach to increase your visibility
Having good visibility of scientific output, ensures greater reach and may lead to greater impact of your scientific work, on a scientific, social and economic level.
The roadmap below can be used as a guide to promote the visibility of your scientific research.
EU funding: Open Research Data for ERC grants - H2020
What is the Open Research Data Pilot?
The European Commission has been encouraging open access to and reuse of digital research data through the Open Research Data Pilot (ORD Pilot), following FAIR data principles:
All research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). The ERC has adopted this …
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EU
Horizon 2020
Horizon Europe
open science
research data management
GenAI: Overview of National and European legislation and guidelines
If, as a researcher, you want to employ AI for or incorporate it into your research, you must consider several factors. One such factor comprises national and international legislation and guidelines. Depending on where you would conduct your research, you need to consider national (Belgian) and European legislation and guidelines. …
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ethics
ethiek
EU
integriteit
integrity
kwalitatief onderzoek
Research assessment: tips and tricks for new evaluators
Ghent University (UGent) is committed to evaluating research in a responsible manner. Anyone asked by Ghent University to assess research – particularly in the context of the Special Research Fund (BOF) – can rely on the “Guidelines for research evaluators” as a practical tool for applying the …
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evaluate
Research assessment: guideline for responsible evaluation
Each research evaluation at Ghent University adheres to eight principles, which together ensure that research can be evaluated in a responsible and high-quality manner.
More on Responsible research assessment
1. The evaluation is necessaryV It is necessary, useful and meaningful for Ghent University to organize this evaluation at this …
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evaluate
quality assessment
Zenodo: When to use Zenodo to preserve and share research data?
This research tip describes the suitability and advantage of Zenodo for preservation and sharing of research data. For a step-by-step guide on how to use Zenodo, check this research tip. How to preserve and share research data?
The preferred option for preservation and sharing of research data is to …
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Biblio
data register
research data management
BOZI: Newsletter on research and internationalisation (Berichten over Onderzoek en Internationalisering)
If you would like to be kept up to date about funding opportunities for research and mobility, research policy news, science communication activities and other events, making sure you receive the electronic newsletter on research and internationalisation (Berichten over Onderzoek en Internationalisering - BOZI) is a good idea.
Everyone with …
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FWO
grant
Horizon 2020
Research assessment: How can you evaluate a science team?
Where possible, Ghent University's vision on research evaluation is also applied to the evaluation of science teams. This is the case, for example, with the Interdisciplinary Research Consortia aimed at societal impact (IDC). Some teams are not formally evaluated, but are looking for inspiration to evaluate their work on …
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evaluate
quality assessment
Research assessment: tips for researchers who want to use quantitative indicators in their CV, project application, etc.
There are many quantitative indicators, and new ones are still being developed. Examples of quantitative indicators include: the number of (scholarly) publications, number of citations, citation impact (normalized), number of downloaded (open access) papers, number of users of deposited datasets, number of mentions of a study/publication on social media and/or …
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evaluate
quality assessment
Plagiarism detection: use of the tool StrikePlagiarism
Where can you find the tool?
Checking articles or other textual work for plagiarism? Recently, it can be done with a new tool, StrikePlagiarism. The new tool is built into the Ufora learning environment.
Teachers are already familiar with it in the context of checking papers or assignments …
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academic writing
article
EndNote
integrity
journal
refer
FWO: Publications and research data in FWO applications and reporting
The FWO regulations contain rules on publications and (the management of) research data for both applications and reporting. Here you will find a reference to several tips that can help you meet these requirements.
FWO applicationsIn this section you will find answers to questions on how to add a …
Read moreGoogle: search tips
Google is a powerful search engine. But the results list can be endlessly long and at page 3 you still haven't found what you were looking for. These tips and tricks will help you specify a better search question.
- Use unique, specific terms (keywords, not sentences). E.g. search for "headache" …
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research question
search engines
search strategy
NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research
The National Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER) research activities are mostly identified by 20 research programs on different subjects and 14 working groups.
The research programs are:
- Aging
- Asset pricing
- Children
- Corporate Finance
- Development of the American Economy
- Economics of Education
- Economic Fluctuation and Growth
- Energy and the Environment …
Write: do you know what you're writing?
Before you start writing, having a good sense of what you'll be writing is an important first step. Some examples of text types that require different kinds of writing are:
- a paper: you look for the answer to an objective research question through field research or a literature study. …
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academic writing
poster
systematic review
GISMO: what is it?
GISMO is the Ghent University research information system. This system supports two aims: (1) database of all research related information (researchers with their career details and expertise, projects, publications and other types of output, research activities, infrastructure/equipment etc.) and (2) support/streamlining research related workflows (application and management of research proposals, …
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GISMO
GDPR: when does it apply to my research?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies:
- when you (or your institution or organisation) are located in the EEA and you process personal data (e.g. collection, recording, classification, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, etc.) in the context of scientific research at or affiliated with Ghent University, regardless …
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GDPR
research data management
archINFORM
archINFORM is an online database for international architecture, originally emerging from records of interesting building projects from architecture students from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany). It has become a large online database about world-renowned architects and buildings from past to present. The database contains information (including plans and images) …
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database
FEA - architecture
CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) was founded in 1983 to enhance the quality of economic policy-making within Europe and beyond, by fostering high quality, policy-relevant economic research, and disseminating it widely to decision-makers in the public and private sectors.
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Data analysis resources
Are you looking for some resources to improve your data science skills, or information on software like R and RStudio? We'll give you a few options below.
Data analysis examples by UCLAThe webpage data analysis examples by UCLA lists a number of statistical analysis techniques and their application …
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FPP
Research assessment: guidelines when using quantitative indicators (for evaluation organisers)
In general
There are many quantitative indicators, and new ones are still being developed. Examples of quantitative indicators include: the number of (scholarly) publications, number of citations, citation impact (normalized), number of downloaded (open access) papers, number of users of deposited datasets, number of mentions of a study/publication on social …
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evaluate
quality assessment
Resources: search and find information
Do you need to write a text or do you need to find information and you are looking for the right resources? Follow the step-by-step plan below.
Step 1: define your subject- Narrow down your subject based on the literature you find.
- Explore the subject. You can read a paper …
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academic writing
library
search strategy