The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is a campaigning initiative of high international standing and…
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which researchers and the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.
The idea to write the declaration was developed in 2012 during at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Francisco. It has become a worldwide initiative covering all scholarly disciplines and all key stakeholders including funders, publishers, professional societies, institutions, and researchers.
We encourage all individuals and organizations who are interested in developing and promoting best practice in the assessment of researchers and scholarly research to sign DORA.
The DORA blog
DORA at 10: Looking back at the history and forward to the future of research assessment
DORA will be 10 years old in May 2023 and we are planning to mark…
Towards the future of responsible research assessment: Announcing DORA’s new three-year strategic plan
Five years after making a decisive shift to become an international campaigning initiative and completing…
Elizabeth Ochola appointed to DORA Steering Committee
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Ochola as…
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…
Hacia una evaluación académica justa y responsable en la Red de Centros CLACSO de Venezuela
Scroll down for the English translation of this report: Community Engagement Grant Report: “Towards a…
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Rethinking Research Assessment: Unintended Cognitive and Systems Biases
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Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin supports Tools to Advance Research Assessment (TARA), a project to facilitate the development of new policies and practices for academic career assessment. Learn more.