TY - JOUR
T1 - Five years post-DORA
T2 - Promoting best practices for research assessment
AU - Schmid, Sandra L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Schmid.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was penned 5 years ago to articulate best practices for how we communicate and judge our scientific contributions. In particular, it adamantly declared that Journal Impact Factor (JIF) should never be used as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research contributions, or for hiring, promotion, or funding decisions. Since then, a heightened awareness of the damaging practice of using JIFs as a proxy for the quality of individual papers, and to assess an individual's or institution's accomplishments has led to changes in policy and the design and application of best practices to more accurately assess the quality and impact of our research. Herein I summarize the considerable progress made and remaining challenges that must be met to ensure a fair and meritocratic approach to research assessment and the advancement of research.
AB - The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was penned 5 years ago to articulate best practices for how we communicate and judge our scientific contributions. In particular, it adamantly declared that Journal Impact Factor (JIF) should never be used as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research contributions, or for hiring, promotion, or funding decisions. Since then, a heightened awareness of the damaging practice of using JIFs as a proxy for the quality of individual papers, and to assess an individual's or institution's accomplishments has led to changes in policy and the design and application of best practices to more accurately assess the quality and impact of our research. Herein I summarize the considerable progress made and remaining challenges that must be met to ensure a fair and meritocratic approach to research assessment and the advancement of research.
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U2 - 10.1091/mbc.E17-08-0534
DO - 10.1091/mbc.E17-08-0534
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29084913
AN - SCOPUS:85032643309
SN - 1059-1524
VL - 28
SP - 2941
EP - 2944
JO - Molecular biology of the cell
JF - Molecular biology of the cell
IS - 22
ER -