Publicationgrade

Publicationgrade is a proposed framework and scoring system intended to evaluate the quality and readiness of scholarly publications. It is not a single universally adopted metric but can be used by journals, institutions, funders, and researchers to gauge publication suitability for specific purposes such as submission, funding decisions, or promotion.

A publicationgrade typically aggregates criteria across several domains: novelty and significance; methodological rigor; transparency and reproducibility; ethical compliance and data availability; reporting quality; clarity of presentation; and adherence to discipline-specific standards.

Scores are derived from rubrics, peer-review inputs, automated checks, and optional external audits; fields may weight criteria differently; a common 0-100 scale or categorical levels.

Implementation requires governance: an overseeing body, standard rubrics, versioned guidelines, field-specific adaptations; alignment with open science principles; privacy concerns; potential for gaming; need for ongoing evaluation.

Publicationgrade is not a replacement for peer review but a complement to traditional metrics; it aims to inform decision-making by institutions and funders while drawing scrutiny for bias, field disparity, language barriers, and resource imbalances.