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The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) works to improve research assessment. 
Sign DORA at: http:sfdora.org/sign
Homepagehttps://sfdora.org/

Interested in how research assessment can support better diversity, equity, and inclusion?

We have a specific tag for "Equity and inclusion" in #Reformscape, our tool compiling responsible research assessment policies and practices: https://sfdora.org/reformscape/source-materials/?_tara_assessment_topic=equity-and-inclusion

Reformscape Source Materials | DORA

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

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You can hover your mouse cursor over a country to see the raw number of signers and the number per million people. https://sfdora.org/signers/

Enjoy this new look into interest in research assessment reforms! 4/4 🏁

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The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

DORA

We wanted a map that would give the viewer a better idea 🤔 of where there was more DORA activity.

We scaled it to population so that larger, more populous countries wouldn't dominate the map.

Not as brightly colored but much more informative. 3/4

DORA had a map for a long time showing that supporters came from around the world. 🌍

But we reached a point where almost every country had at least one 1️⃣ person sign. It almost looked like DORA conquered the world.

But we knew there was more work to do. 2/4

We made a little improvement to our map 🗺 of DORA signatories on https://sfdora.org/signers/.

Here's why. 🧵 1/4

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The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

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🆕 #PrePrint shows that MANY discoveries (here: new fungus species) are published in journals with NO Impact Factor or a lower than average Impact Factor.

https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/83290/Nilsson_bibliometrics_mycology_2024_submitted.pdf

All of DORA’s tools, reports, and position papers are in one easy-to-find location!

Click the Reports tab at the top of the DORA homepage (http://sfdora.org) to find them.

https://sfdora.org/reports/

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The Declaration on Research Assessment recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

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⚖️ When assembling panels to evaluate candidates for hire or promotion, include a range of perspectives & experiences across gender, seniority, culture & minoritized populations to mitigate the Halo effect.
🛠️ More strategies for change: https://sfdora.org/resource/rethinking-research-assessment-unintended-cognitive-and-systems-biases/
Rethinking Research Assessment: Unintended Cognitive and Systems Biases | DORA

Unintended Cognitive and Systems Biases identifies seven personal biases that can influence hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions.

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⚖️ Ensuring the internalization & active use of new assessment practices requires addressing issues of capacity. This can mean recognizing & accounting for the likelihood that qualitative inputs may require more processing time than indicators like the JIF.

https://sfdora.org/resource/workshop-toolkit-to-introduce-the-space-rubric/

SPACE rubric workbook and workshop kit | DORA

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…

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#Reformscape is policy observatory where you can explore and share examples of responsible assessment for hiring, promotion, and tenure.

Now you can see 👓 how the data in Reformscape are categorized with the new guide by Flora Massah and Ruth Schmidt 👇

https://sfdora.org/resource/reformscape-guide/

Reformscape Guide | DORA

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.

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