The NHMRC guide for peer review instructs assessors not to rely on the Journal Impact Factor when making judgments.
ANR, the French National Research Agency
Applicants understand how funding decisions are made, because the Agency openly shares a general summary of its decision-making process on their website written in English and French.
UK Forum for Responsible Research Metrics
The Metric Tide was published in July 2015, and provides an extensive review of the literature on peer review, the use of metrics and altmetrics, and a statistical analysis of the predictive power of various numerical indicators (including the JIF).
Transparency in Author Contributions in Science (TACS)
The National Academy of Sciences in the United States created a webpage to track journals that are engaging in fair authorship practices.
The Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics
The Leiden Manifesto provides ten principles for the appropriate use of metrics in research evaluation.
The Hong Kong Principles for Assessing Researchers: Fostering Research Integrity
Institutions and funders can use the Hong Kong Principles to reward and recognize scholars for behavior that contributes to trustworthy research.
Strategies to improve equity in faculty hiring
Despite the increasing number of underrepresented minorities in trainee positions, the number of underrepresented faculty members in academic science remains low.
Room for Everyone’s Talent
Dutch public knowledge institutions and research funders published a position paper ‘Room for Everyone’s Talent‘ rethinking their academic reward and recognition systems.
Résumé for Researchers
The Résumé for Researchers is a tool developed by the Royal Society to help support the evaluation and assessment of individuals’ varied research contributions.
Metrics Toolkit
The Metrics Toolkit is an online resource that provides information about research metrics across scholarly disciplines to help educate individuals in the academic community.