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Research integrity: Nine ways to move from walk to talk
Niels Mejlgaard and co-authors conducted a comprehensive study of research integrity in Europe, called “Standard…
Rethinking success, integrity and culture in research (part 2) A multi-actor qualitative study on problems of science
The authors, Noémie Aubert Bonn and Wim Pinxten, conducted interviews and focus groups with a…
Rethinking success, integrity and culture in research (part 1) A multi-actor qualitative study on problems of science
The authors, Noémie Aubert Bonn and Wim Pinxten, conducted interviews and focus groups with a…
Advancing science or advancing careers? Researchers’ opinions on success indicators
A survey was conducted by Noémie Aubert Bonn and Wim Pinxten to understand how Flemish…
tenzing
Reporting of who did what is important to give researchers the credit they deserve. Standards…
Reimagining Academic Career Assessment: Stories of innovation and change report
This report and the accompanying online repository bring together and analyze case studies in institutional…
The changing role of funders in responsible research assessment: progress, obstacles and the way ahead
In partnership with the Research on Research Institute (RoRI), CWTS-Leiden, and National Research Foundation of South Africa, DORA published a position paper providing a state-of-play of responsible research assessment (RRA) practices from funders.
Wellcome
As part of its open access 2020 policy, Wellcome-funded organizations are asked to publicly commit to the principle that when assessing research outputs – for example in hiring, promotion and tenure committees – they will consider the intrinsic merit of the work, not the title of the journal, its impact factor or the publisher.
U.S. National Science Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation has modified its instructions to grant applicants to recognize that the outputs of scientific research include more than just publications, an idea endorsed by DORA.