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The Finnish research community has taken a strong stand on the development of responsible evaluation. In spring 2020, the Recommendation for the responsible evaluation of a researcher in Finland was published, prepared by a broad-based working group established by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies in 2018.

Promoting responsible assessment is a common goal of the responsible research coalition in Finland. The latest recommendation incorporates previous work including The Responsible Conduct of Research guidelines, The Researcher's CV template as well as the User Guide for the Publication Forum classification. The recommendation is aligned to international frameworks for responsible research assessment (e.g. CoARA).

The Recommendation for the responsible evaluation of a researcher in Finland provides guidance on how to carry out researcher assessments responsibly from start to finish. The researcher is assessed in recruitment situations, at different stages of the career path and when allocating funding. An individual researcher can be assessed as part of a larger entity when they are part of a research group or when an extensive research evaluation is carried out in their research organisation.

This national recommendation provides the basis for a functioning, diverse and flourishing research community. The recommendation was drafted by the research community for the research community and includes principles for responsible assessment as well as thirteen good practices. The recommendation has been widely adopted by the Finnish research performing and funding organisations: 71% of the research performing organizations that replied to the national open science and research monitoring survey in 2024 have adopted the recommendation, and an additional 6% plan to do so in the next 12 months.

The national guidelines provide a benchmark to any country or organisations wishing to draft responsible assessment guidelines for their specific context.

Contributed by the Secretariat for the National Open Science and Research Coordination, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, Finland.