Resource Library

This resource is a guide designed to help applicants prepare a Narrative CV for STEM postdoctoral research positions. It draws on insights from Principal Investigators and panel members at the University of Cambridge who have reviewed such CVs as part of the Narrative CV study which assessed their impact in recruitment. The guide includes examples…

"A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations" provides action-oriented guidance, resources, and illustrative examples, for research funding organizations (RFOs) who are looking to shape and deliver responsible research assessment (RRA) practices.

“Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Quick-Reference Sheets from the Practical Guide” is a set of concise, action-oriented resources designed to support RFOs to engage with RRA and catalyze action. The one-page Reference Sheets provide a highly distilled summary of each section of the full Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, covering: Introduction to the Guide…

“Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Informational Briefs from the Practical Guide” is a set of three tailored resources designed to support key audiences of the Guide to engage with RRA and catalyze action. These briefs are inspired by and complement the full Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations. The three…

This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find other resources in the toolkit here. “Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RPOs: Informational Briefs from the Practical Guide” is a set of three tailored resources designed to support diverse audiences connected to Research Performing Organizations (RPOs)…

This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find other resources in the toolkit here. “Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RPOs: Quick-Reference Sheets from the Practical Guide” is a set of concise, action-oriented resources designed to support Research Performing Organizations (RPOs) in adopting and advancing…

"A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations" provides action-oriented guidance, resources, and illustrative examples, for research performing organizations (RPOs) who are looking to shape and deliver responsible research assessment (RRA) practices. This includes RPOs who are looking to create an RRA strategy, organizations wanting to reform existing practices, and organizations simply wanting to take steps towards more holistic and inclusive approaches to research assessment.

These short educational videos in animated and talking head formats provide an introduction to the h-index, a commonly used scholarly metric for assessing authors’ publication output and citation impact. The videos explain how the h-index is calculated, how it is used to assess researchers, and its key limitations. They highlight important considerations, such as disciplinary…

This book critically analyses the value of citation data, altmetrics, and artificial intelligence to support the research evaluation of articles, scholars, departments, universities, countries, and funders. It introduces and discusses indicators that can support research evaluation and analyses their strengths and weaknesses as well as the generic strengths and weaknesses of the use of indicators…

This worksheet was created as a guide for academic institutions and departments to aid in modernization of their promotion, tenure, and review processes. It lays out a set of values that institutions can take into consideration during evaluations, and offers considerations, activities or outputs that may be associated with each value, and behavioral indicators that…

A one page tool that describes the six ways that entries are characterized in the Reformscape dataset. 1. Institution type. 2. Scope. 3. Populations. 4. Career decision. 5. Type of assessment reform. 6. Stages of reform. Part of "Rethinking research assessment" series.

The Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Transforming R&I through Europe-Wide Knowledge Transfer (YUFERING) project is a comprehensive initiative aimed at transforming Research and Innovation (R&I) practices across Europe by facilitating widespread knowledge transfer. It seeks to bridge the gap between researchers, innovators, and stakeholders by promoting collaboration and communication through existing networks…

The Peer Exchange Platform for Narrative-style CVs (PEP-CV) is a free and open resource for everyone in research and innovation to add to existing guidance on narrative CVs. As a not-for-profit initiative, the PEP-CV platform is a collaborative effort among funders, institutions, and researchers that fosters a culture of collaboration, mutual learning, and expands national…

This small, letter-sized poster (A4 paper) describes how you can use Reformscape to explore examples of responsible research assessment and help visualize what changes in policy toward responsible research assessment look like. This poster provides nine possible situations in which Reformscape can provide information, and describes five groups who might want to use Reformscape. DORA.…

This one-page tip sheet is a part of the short report Using Narrative CVs: Identifying shared objectives and monitoring effectiveness. In February 2022, DORA organized the online workshop series “Using Narrative CVs: Identifying shared objectives and monitoring effectiveness” in partnership with FORGEN CoP, Science Foundation Ireland, the Swiss National Science Foundation, UK Research and Innovation,…

In 2022 Trinity College Dublin launched The Researcher Impact Framework (RIF), a tool designed to help researchers understand and communicate the impact of their work in four key areas: Knowledge generation Development of others and collaborations Contribution to the research community Addressing broader societal challenges The RIF originated from Trinity College Dublin’s Research Impact Pilot…

This report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) about open science at the global level reports a growing but uneven adoption of open science practices across regions and disciplines. Persistent gaps in socio-economic, technological, and digital aspects hinder progress, with disparities in access to funding, skills, and tools impeding the realization…

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada developed a tool called Research Quality Plus (RQ+) to assess and improve quality of research . The three tenets of RQ+ approach are: identify contexts of research, quality is multi-dimensional, and use of rubrics for systematic and empirical appraisal. RQ+ Approach has five major applications: Priority Setting:…

Preprints are an essential tool for accelerating scientific discovery as they provide early and free access to new findings. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the usage of preprints have surged on a worldwide level and its availability allows discussion and assessment to be carried over to a wider community. However public participation is very low and…

The Research Quality Committee at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) has developed a new tool to assess and improve scientific research quality and reproducibility: Quality Output Checklist and Content Assessment (QuOCCA) The QuOCCA was designed after extensive research and feedback from external experts and researchers. The QuOCCA was specifically created to assess a broad spectrum of…

This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find the other resources in the toolkit here. Building Blocks for Impact is a one-pager that outlines and illustrates the wide variety of academic achievements and outcomes that could be considered “impactful”. This model visualizes “impact” on…

This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find the other resources in the toolkit here. Debiasing Committee Composition and Deliberative Processes is a one-page brief that identifies strategies for including more perspectives and reducing biases in the evaluation processes for hiring, promotion, tenure, and…

This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find the other resources in the toolkit here. With thanks to volunteers in the DORA community, most resources in the workshop kit are also available in Spanish. See below. This kit is intended to equip organizers…

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) developed a toolkit to support responsible assessment practices for reviewers and committee members . The toolkit includes videos and factsheets with suggested steps to help evaluators recognize implicit biases and strive for inclusive assessment principles and practices, such as: For Written Assessments: Look critically at how your ideal image influences your…

This is a report that describes mechanisms and approaches to improve and incentivize the recording, the evaluation, and the recognition of contributions to Open Scholarship practice. It presents a digital resource called the Openness Profile (OP) and describes how the OP can help address existing gaps in the assessment of open science. Developed by consultants…