Institution Profile: Queen Mary University of London

• After signing DORA in 2020, Queen Mary University of London announced the signature on it’s website with a statement of it’s committments.
• The announcement states that the University commits to adopting best practices like being explicit about criteria used in hiring, promotion, and tenure. Additionally, the University commits to considering the value of all scientific outputs (such as datasets and software) and using the scientific content of a paper and not journal-based metrics (such as journal impact factors) in its assessments.
• The announcement also outlines a series of principles that will guide the use of metrics at the University.