
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

Norway’s Academic Assessment Reform: NOR-CAM in practice
Each quarter, DORA holds a Community of Practice (CoP) meeting for National and International Initiatives…

DORA Event: Implementing Responsible Research Assessment in India
The DORA team is excited to invite you our online event focused on advancing responsible…

Launch of A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment
The DORA team is excited to invite you to celebrate DORA’s 12th birthday with the…
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The European Molecular Biology Laboratory

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The Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Rethinking Research Assessment: Unintended Cognitive and Systems Biases

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Additional support
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.