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The DORA team is delighted to invite you to celebrate DORA’s 13th anniversary with the launch of A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations, a new resource designed to support funders in strengthening research quality, equity, and impact. Co‑hosted with our partners at the Global Research Council and Science Europe,...

Blog cross-posted with ALLEA and FORCE11. Across the global research system, growing recognition of the limitations and unintended consequences of narrow, metrics-driven assessment practices has catalysed momentum for reform. Concerns about research quality, equity, and the sustainability of research careers have grown alongside progress in research infrastructures and open science practices, evolving publishing models, and...

DORA is thrilled to announce an important stride in advancing Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) in Brazil, with potential benefits to the Lusophone world. On December 10, 2025, following months of intense collaboration with the University of São Paulo (USP) and Projeto Métricas, we officially launched the Portuguese translation of the Practical Guide for Implementing Responsible...

On December 2, 2025, as a side event of the CeRRA conference in Copenhagen, DORA hosted a full-day co-creation workshop at Aalborg University. The goal: to refine the Practical Guide for Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations (RFO Guide), being developed together with the Global Research Council RRA Working Group (GRC RRA WG ) and Science...

We are delighted to share the insights and progress discussed during our online event, “Innovations in Responsible Research Assessment in the United States”, held on November 20, 2025. The session aimed to highlight exemplars of progress toward responsible research assessment (RRA) in the U.S. and provide information about exciting funding opportunities to support institutional reform...

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...

On June 6, 2025, DORA hosted an insightful online panel discussion titled "Implementing Responsible Research Assessment in India". Co-hosted by Dr. Rebecca Lawrence and Dr. Moumita Koley, the event aimed to foster a deeper understanding of responsible research assessment (RRA) and its potential benefits for the Indian research ecosystem. The lively discussion brought together eminent...

The DORA team is excited to have celebrated its 12th anniversary with the launch of a Practical Guide, to help research performing organizations (RPOs) develop responsible research assessment (RRA). This Guide is designed to support RPOs aiming to build capacity and support the implementation of responsible research assessment (RRA) practices. The Guide reflects a collective...

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...

Chhajed, DeMeester, Lee, Wong, and Schmidt (2020). "System and Tensions Mapping" Click here to download this report. This report may also be found in DORA’s Resource Library. Background Research funding organizations are well positioned to be drivers of change towards more responsible research assessment practices. They are in a unique position to shape research culture,...

Recording and materials from this event Watch the recording The accomplishments of the DORA Community Engagement grant Awardees (slideshow below). DORA-Community Engagement Grants Plenary SlideshowDownload Event information Date: This event took place on May 16, 2023Time: 12:00 AM UTC (time conversion here) As part of DORA's 10th Anniversary Celebration, we held two plenary sessions to capture...

Recording and materials from this event Watch the recording The accomplishments of the DORA Community Engagement grant Awardees (slideshow below). DORA-Community Engagement Grants Plenary SlideshowDownload Event information Date: This event took place on May 16, 2023Time: 12:00 PM UTC (time conversion here) As part of DORA's 10th Anniversary Celebration, we held two plenary sessions to capture...

DORA will be 10 years old in May 2023 and we are planning to mark the occasion! We’ll be holding a weeklong celebration for DORA’s 10th Anniversary and we’re inviting you to join in by organizing an event on research assessment for your local community. We want to have conversations about what DORA has done...

DORA at 10: Looking back at the history and the future of research assessment The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) will celebrate its 10th birthday in May next year and we want to invite the worldwide research community to help us mark the occasion. We aim to coordinate a series of events across...

Introducing two new tools for debiasing committee composition and recognizing the many facets of “impact” On October 25, 2022 DORA hosted a community call to introduce two new responsible research evaluation tools and provide feedback on future tool development. The toolkit is part of Project TARA, which aims to identify, understand, and make visible the...

By Penny Weber -- HuMetricsHSS On June 1, 2022, the HuMetricsHSS Initiative partnered with the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) to bring together the HuMetricsHSS Community Fellows and the DORA Community Engagement Grant Awardees to share knowledge and strategies on their respective—but interconnected—areas of work. The meeting brought together 23 academics working on projects looking...

  In recent years, an increasing number of organizations have started to consider how to implement practical changes toward responsible academic assessment practices. However, reform is a process that takes time and resources, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. In December 2020, to begin to address the increasing need for clear, structured examples of the...

Introduction to Project TARA As more institutions begin to examine and refine their approach to academic assessment, there is growing awareness of the value of knowledge-sharing resources that support the development of new policies and practices. In light of this need, DORA is building an interactive online dashboard as part of Project TARA to monitor...

  Introduction to Project TARA As institutions experiment with and refine academic assessment policies and practices, there is a need for knowledge sharing and tools to support culture change. On September 9, 2021, we held a community call to gather early-stage input for a new resource: an interactive online dashboard to identify, track, and display...

Because every institution is different, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. With this in mind, the SPACE rubric was designed to be an adaptable tool. It supports institutions that are just beginning to consider improving their assessment practices, as well as institutions that have already developed and implemented new practices.

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced many facets of the research landscape, including the manner in which researchers disseminate and gather feedback on their findings. Increasingly, researchers have been sharing preprints for the rapid dissemination of information to the public and policymakers. Recent surges in the use of preprints, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many facets of the research ecosystem, from interruptions in research and career advancement to research dissemination and evaluation. It has also revealed and accentuated flaws in academic recognition and reward systems. Traditional academic hiring, promotion, and tenure practices that prioritize publication quantity and journal metrics do not tend to reward...

In late 2020 and early 2021, DORA, the European University Association (EUA) and SPARC Europe created a case study repository and accompanying report to showcase a range of innovators in the area of research assessment. To complete this project, the organizations hosted a joint webinar on February 24, 2021, to present and discuss the main...