Institution Profile: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Location	United Kingdom

Type of Institution	Specialized University or equivalent

Academic Disciplines	Medical Sciences

• In 2018, the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at Cambridge University signed DORA. • On the back of this signature, the Unit released a statement on career progression. • The statement reiterated its commitment to withdrawing uses of metrics such as Journal Impact Factors for measuring research outputs or assessing individuals. • Furthermore, the Unit’s statement added: “in our internal evaluations and hiring procedures, we take a broad perspective on contributions to science, valuing impact on policy and practitioners, sharing of scientific resources such as code and data and contributions to public outreach, alongside more traditional output such as journal publications.”

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This is a statement from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit that it supports taking a broad approach to assessment and challenges the concept of using aggregate measures like the journal impact factor for evaluation.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

United Kingdom (Specialized University or equivalent)

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