The journal, J ROR, will operate as an open-access resource for research on how research is funded, organised, conducted, communicated and evaluated.

It is published by Taylor & Francis but owned by the research-on-research community through the Research-on-Research Association, an independent society set up to oversee the journal’s development.

“Our primary motivation for this journal was the desire to serve our scattered field and our community,” said the editors in an inaugural editorial.

The editors also wrote: “In its current disparate state, our multidisciplinary field risks contributing to recreating its own research waste, which many in the field feel we should be working to reduce.”

The journal is open for submissions across all areas of research-on-research, and particularly welcomes contributions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and advance understanding, either empirically or conceptually, of how research systems function and how they can be improved.

Gemma Derrick, editor-in-chief of J ROR and professor (research policy and culture) at The University of Bristol, said: “The Journal of Research on Research represents a shared achievement, shaped by years of mutual learning between our editors, RORATION, Taylor & Francis, and a global community committed to improving how research is conducted, evaluated, and supported. We look forward to continuing these discussions as the journal develops.”