Institutions implementing the DORA principles

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

This list is still under development. Every part of it may change before the official launch, including its title, URL, scope notes, and method of organization.

• This list includes universities, research centers, research institutions, and funders taking measures to implement the 2013 principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
• There are two main sub-lists: (a) universities, research centers, etc. and (b) funders.
• The list does not contain all DORA signatories, which can be found on the DORA website.
• Alphabetical within each section.

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Universities and research centers

C

• Cardiff University, UK. Statement on responsible research assessment, February 17, 2021. (https://perma.cc/ZAX6-5NGK perma.cc)

G

• Ghent University, Belgium. Vision statement for evaluating research at Ghent University, November 8, 2016. (https://perma.cc/2HN9-7QJY perma.cc)

I

• Imperial College London, UK. Research evaluation. (https://perma.cc/8ERH-TU7W perma.cc)

K

• King's College London, UK. Changing hiring and promotion to recognise reproducible and transparent research practices. (https://perma.cc/2EKY-L7HT perma.cc)

L

• London School of Economics and Political, UK. Statement on the responsible use of citation metrics 2016. (https://perma.cc/DME9-CKJ2 perma.cc)

M

• Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Responsible use of research metrics. (https://perma.cc/UQ8B-R9WR perma.cc)

S

• St. George's, University of London, UK. Responsible research assessment.
• Staffordshire University, UK. Statement on the responsible use of research metrics, February 2020.

U

• University of Bath, UK. Principles of research assessment and management, February 2017.
• University of Birmingham, UK. Our commitment to responsible research assessment.
• University of Bristol, UK. Responsible research evaluation. Statement on responsible research assessment.
• University of Cambridge, UK. The responsible use of metrics in research assessment.
• University of Cape Town, South Africa. Research assessment. UCT statement of support for the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
• University of Edinburgh, UK. Statement on the responsible use of research metrics, 2019.
• University of Glasgow, UK.

• Research evaluation: talking about outputs.
• Statement on the use of quantitative indicators in the assessment of research quality.

• University of Hull, UK. Statement on the use of metrics in the assessment of research, May 2020.
• University of Kent, UK. Statement on fair assessment of research, February 2, 2022.
• University of Leeds, UK. Responsible metrics in the assessment of research. University of Leeds responsible research metrics assessment, September 2021.
• University of Oxford, UK. https://researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/information/principles Principles to promote responsible use of research metrics, May 5, 2016.
• University of Portsmouth, UK. Research governance.
• University of Reading, UK.

• Research integrity.
• Responsible metrics. Statement on responsible metrics for adoption, April 16, 2018.

• University of Southampton, UK. Responsible research metrics policy, November 20, 2019.
• University of St. Andrews, UK. Responsible metrics.
• University College Dublin, Ireland. Statement on the responsible use of research metrics in UCD.
• University College London, UK.

• UCL and the San Francisco Declaration (DORA).
• Bibliometrics at UCL.

• University of York, UK. Policy for research evaluation using quantitative data.

T

• The Open University, UK. Statement on the responsible use of research metrics.

Funders

• Templeton World. Research assessment policy, 2021.
• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI publishes new report on responsible research assessment, 2021.
• Wellcome Trust. Guidance for research organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment.