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DORAssessment
@DORAssessment
Declaration on Research Assessment.
Putting science into the assessment of research.
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Using journal citations to indicate quality is an old habit that cannot be broken without incentivization. Institutions can address this by making the benefits of new behaviors concrete and salient. Find more strategies in DORA's Biases Brief: Congratulations to the recipients of #NINDS Rigor Champions Prize! The prize recognizes and rewards “individuals and small teams who have championed rigor and transparency practices”. See the list recipients and honorable mentions 👇 There are six new resources 6️⃣ ❔ 📃 and two new institutions 2️⃣ ❔ 🏫 in the #Reformscape database this month! New resources from Universität München, University of Maryland, and TU München. ⚖️ Examples of actions for institutions just starting to think about #ResearchAssessment reform: ⭐ ️ Articulate a case for new assessment practices ⭐ ️ Align on values to support new practices ⭐ ️ Identify the nature of biases in current assessment systems 🌟 University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin will co-lead the CoARA National Chapter for Ireland, promoting #OpenResearch practices and responsible research assessment reform. Learn more: 👇 #Reformscape has gotten an upgrade! You can now search for responsible research assessment resources based on type, making it easy to find: 👉 Action plans 👉 Policies to reform hiring, promotion or tenure 👉 Outcomes of new policies ...and more! Institute of Design Professor Contributes to New Academic Career Online Tool #Reformscape Changing research assessment is hard to achieve without collective action from scholars. In this 2023 paper, InterAcademy Partnership, Global Young Academy, and International Science Council encourage conversations about the future of research evaluation. "Too often, scientific research 🧪 in any language other than English is automatically seen as second tier, with little consideration for the quality of the work itself." Stephen Khan on the societal, cultural, and scientific value of multilingualism in research. "No research evaluation system will work perfectly at first — organizations must commit sustained resources to monitoring and improving it." DORA co-Chair Kelly Cobey on the importance of planning and consultation for successful research assessment reform: 👇 “What is possible in research assessment reform?” Print and display this A4 / letter sized one-page to see how #Reformscape can help people discover what’s possible: DORA is closing in on 25,000 signatures! You can help us reach this milestone by signing DORA at: Does your academic institution, department, or faculty have an openly available responsible research action plan, policy, or practice that you’d like to share with peers? Submit for consideration to be included in #Reformscape ! Setting clear objectives 🎯 for the use of narrative CVs in grant applications can support optimization. Common objectives are: • More recognition of a wider range of research contributions • More flexibility for researchers to demonstrate contributions The World Conference on #ResearchIntegrity features in-person and virtual events on topics like assessing publication research integrity. Explore the program: https://wcri2024.org/scientific-program/ People tend to dismiss evidence that doesn’t fit their initial preconceptions. Institutions can recognize where old assumptions overly reward “traditional” indicators and set measurable goals to broaden indicators of success in hiring and promotion. More 👇 : ❔ Report! "Using Narrative CVs: Identifying shared objectives and monitoring effectiveness" summarizes a funder workshop co-organized by DORA: INRAE case study on research assessment reform
❔ Case study on the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) outlines how it prioritized #OpenScience and implemented narrative self-evaluations to better capture both research outcomes and processes. Read the case study 👇 https://sfdora.org ❔ DORA resource library entry: In 2023, InterAcademy Partnership, Global Young Academy, and the International Science Council released a working paper on how research assessment is evolving and the importance of a collective action toward reform. Read more about it 👇 ❔ "Practicing responsible research assessment: Qualitative study of faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure assessments in the United States" by Alex Rushforth and Sarah De Rijcke: #OpenAccess 🔓 Part of Project TARA Supported by Arcadia Fund - a charitable foundation that works to p
