Judging research on its own merits: How MetaROR supports better research assessment
Guest post by Jason Chin, Ludo Waltman, and Kathryn Zeiler. All authors are editors of…
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
Implementing Responsible Research Assessment in India
On June 6, 2025, DORA hosted an insightful online panel discussion titled "Implementing Responsible Research…
Transforming assessment: Headline findings of the GRC RRA Survey
Each quarter, DORA holds two Community of Practice (CoP) meetings for research funding organizations. One…
DORA’s 12th Anniversary: Introducing A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment
The DORA team is excited to have celebrated its 12th anniversary with the launch of…
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Arcadia is a family charitable foundation that helps people to record cultural heritage, to conserve and restore nature, and to promote open access to knowledge. Arcadia supports Tools to Advance Research Assessment (TARA), a project to facilitate the development of new policies and practices for academic career assessment.