Research and Innovation Indicator Framework – An example from the Danish CoARA chapter

What does it actually mean to be responsible when you are in charge of research evaluation—and how do you balance that ideal with everyday pragmatics? This talk explores how traditional bibliometrics can coexist with emerging open science and CoARA-inspired approaches at both university and national levels. Drawing on hands-on experience from developing and implementing a research and innovation indicator framework, it offers insights into what happens when principles meet practice. Along the way, I share reflections from the “travel log” of the Danish CoARA chapter: the challenges, trade-offs, and small breakthroughs that shape the journey toward more responsible evaluation. The shift is not just technical, but cultural, from one-dimensional metrics to multi-dimensional understanding, and from managing by numbers to asking: What are our priorities, and how should progress be measured?