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Cross-published with CoARA. With an aim to strengthen a global culture of responsible research assessment and drive impact through aligned principles, DORA is pleased to announce a joint statement released with the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). The official joint statement is the result of years of collaborative efforts between the two initiatives and…

International community convenes in Pisa to advance coordinated reform in publishing and research assessment Cross-posted with International Science Council (ISC) , ASAPbio and CWTS. On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organizations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pisa, Italy, for a workshop aimed at identifying and advancing joint actions…

The DORA team is delighted to invite you to this online event focused on innovations in research assessment practices in the United States, on November 20, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Eastern Time). You can register at https://bit.ly/RRA-innovations. Enrique will be talking about the work he has been doing when as Department Chair at Yale…

Each quarter, DORA holds two Community of Practice meetings for research funding organizations. One meeting takes place for organizations in the Asia-Pacific (A-P) region and the other is for organizations in Africa, the Americas, and Europe (AAE). These groups provide a space for funders to learn from each other, share new policies and practices, and…

Guest post by Iratxe Puebla, from Make Data Count. The majority of research activities involve creating, collecting, or using data. While datasets constitute the backbone of research activities, they are currently sidelined as part of research evaluation frameworks which predominantly focus on article publications. This is a missed opportunity in evaluation: Recognition for datasets is…

Each quarter, DORA holds a Community of Practice (CoP) meeting for National and International Initiatives working to address responsible research assessment reform. This CoP is a space for initiatives to learn from each other, make connections with like-minded organizations, and collaborate on projects or topics of common interest. Meeting agendas are shaped by participants. If…

This guest blog is republished from the LSE Impact Blog, first published in December 2024 here. This is the third part of a three-part series written by Noemie Aubert-Bonn, Claire Fraser, Elizabeth Gadd, Haley Hazlett, and Karen Stroobants, on Unanswered questions in research assessment. Reflecting on the diversity of global research assessment reform movements, Karen…

This guest blog is republished from the LSE Impact Blog, first published in December 2024 here. This is the second part of a three-part series written by Noemie Aubert-Bonn, Claire Fraser, Elizabeth Gadd, Haley Hazlett, and Karen Stroobants, on Unanswered questions in research assessment. Noemie Aubert Bonn and Haley Hazlett discuss the importance of applying scholarly…

This guest blog is republished from the LSE Impact Blog, first published in December 2024 here. This is the first part of a three-part series written by Noemie Aubert-Bonn, Claire Fraser, Elizabeth Gadd, Haley Hazlett, and Karen Stroobants, on Unanswered questions in research assessment. Reflecting on the ongoing reform of research assessment, Claire Fraser and…

We’re excited to announce a new accessibility feature on the DORA website: optional automatic translations powered by Google Translate. This enhancement is part of our ongoing commitment to making our content more accessible and inclusive for our global community. Why This Matters Language should never be a barrier to accessing important information. By enabling automatic…

Each quarter, DORA holds a Community of Practice (CoP) meeting for National and International Initiatives working to address responsible research assessment reform. This CoP is a space for initiatives to learn from each other, make connections with like-minded organizations, and collaborate on projects or topics of common interest. Meeting agendas are shaped by participants. If…

The DORA team is excited to invite you our online event focused on advancing responsible research assessment practices in India, on June 06, 2025, 03:00 PM (India Standard Time). You can register at https://bit.ly/RRA-in-India. Hear from eminent scholars and policymakers Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Prof. S. C. Lakhotia and Dr Michael Arentoft in a panel moderated…

The DORA team is excited to invite you to celebrate DORA’s 12th birthday with the launch of a “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations” (download here). In three online panel sessions, DORA’s Chairs will introduce the guide, and guest speakers will discuss it in light of the specific contributions…

Madelaine Hare, Isabelle Dorsch, Heather Woods, Carey Ming-Li Chen, and Stefanie Haustein Team at the Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab)   Background: The Metrics Literacies project The Scholarly Communications Lab’s Metrics Literacies project, funded by the Social Sciences Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, aimed to test the effectiveness of different multimedia formats for educating researchers about…

Each quarter, DORA holds two Community of Practice (CoP) meetings for research funding organizations. One meeting takes place for organizations in the Asia-Pacific time zone and the other meeting is targeted to organizations in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The CoP is a space for funders to learn from each other, make connections with like-minded organizations,…

Each quarter, DORA holds two Community of Practice (CoP) meetings for research funding organizations. One meeting takes place for organizations in the Asia-Pacific time zone and the other meeting is targeted to organizations in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. The CoP is a space for funders to learn from each other, make connections with like-minded organizations,…