Publications

The general framework of RESQUE is described in:

[1] Schönbrodt, F. D., Gärtner, A., Frank, M., Gollwitzer, M., Ihle, M., Mischkowski, D., Phan, L. V., Schmitt, M., Scheel, A. M., Schubert, A.-L., Steinberg, U., & Leising, D. (2025). Responsible Research Assessment I: Implementing DORA and CoARA for hiring and promotion in psychology. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rgh5b_v2

The specific RESQUE rating schemes are described in:

[2] Gärtner, A., Leising, D., Freyer, N., Musfeld, P., Lange, J., & Schönbrodt, F. D. (2025). Responsible Research Assessment II: A specific proposal for hiring and promotion in psychology. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5yexm_v2

and

[3] Leising, D., Gärtner, A., & Schönbrodt, F. D. (2025). Responsible Research Assessment (Parts I and II): Responses to the Commentaries. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6akmr_v2

and

[4] Gärtner, A., Leising, D., & Schönbrodt, F. D. (2023). Empfehlungen zur Bewertung wissenschaftlicher Leistungen bei Berufungsverfahren in der Psychologie. Psychologische Rundschau, 74(3), 166–174. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000630

A short overview can be found in:

[5] Gärtner, A., Leising, D., Schönbrodt, F. D. (2024). Towards responsible research assessment: How to reward research quality. PLoS Biology 22(2):e3002553. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002553

(Note: these publications refer to version 0.2 of the RESQUE scheme; as the rating scheme will be continuously updated based on community feedback and ongoing evaluation studies, some divergences to these publications will arise).