DORA Aims: eliminate the use of journal-based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and promotion considerations assess research on its own merits rather than on the basis of the journal in which the research is published capitalize on the opportunities provided by online publication Dora Goals: improve research by strengthening research assessment […]
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DORA Aims:
eliminate the use of journal-based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and promotion considerations
assess research on its own merits rather than on the basis of the journal in which the research is published
capitalize on the opportunities provided by online publication
Dora Goals:
improve research by strengthening research assessment
changes in academic culture to ensure that hiring, promotion, and funding decisions focus on the qualities of research that are most desirable – insight, impact, reliability and re-usability – rather than on questionable proxies
 increase awareness of the need to develop credible alternatives to the inappropriate uses of metrics in research assessment: showcase the implementation of good practices and how policy changes have improved research assessment in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions
research and promote tools and processes that facilitate best practice in research assessment
