San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

Research assessment under debate: disentangling the interest around the DORA declaration on Twitter
22/11/2023

Research assessment under debate: disentangling the interest around the DORA declaration on Twitter

« Much debate has been around the misapplication of metrics in research assessment. As a result of this concern, the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was launched, an initiative that caused opposing viewpoints. However, the discussion topics about DORA have not been formally identified, especially in participatory environments outside the scholarly…

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Exploring the merits of research performance measures that comply with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and strategies to overcome barriers of adoption: qualitative interviews with administrators and researchers
16/06/2023

Exploring the merits of research performance measures that comply with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and strategies to overcome barriers of adoption: qualitative interviews with administrators and researchers

« In prior research, we identified and prioritized ten measures to assess research performance that comply with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, a principle adopted worldwide that discourages metrics-based assessment. Given the shift away from assessment based on Journal Impact Factor, we explored potential barriers to implementing and adopting…

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Two new tools to support responsible research assessment: Debiasing committee composition and building blocks for impact
03/03/2023

Two new tools to support responsible research assessment: Debiasing committee composition and building blocks for impact

« Introduction to the Project TARA toolkit
Since 2013, DORA has advocated a number of principles for responsible research evaluation, including avoiding the use of journal-based metrics as surrogate measures of research quality, recognizing a broader range of scholarly outputs in promotion, tenure, and review practices, and the importance of…

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