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

• Bath University, UK. Principles of research assessment and management, 02/2017.

• Birmingham University, UK. Our commitment to responsible research assessment.

• Briston University, UK. Responsible research evaluation. Statement on responsible research assessment.

• Cambridge University, UK. The responsible use of metrics in research assessment.

• Cape Town University, South Africa. Research assessment. UCT statement of support for the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

• Cardiff University, UK. Statement on responsible research assessment, 02/17/2021.

• Edinburgh University, UK. Statement on the responsible use of research metrics, 2019.

• Ghent University, Belgium. Vision statement for evaluating research at Ghent University, 11/08/2016.

• Glasgow University, UK.

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

• Hull University, UK. Statement on the use of metrics in the assessment of research, 05/2020.

• Imperial College London, UK. Research evaluation.

• Kent University, UK. Statement on fair assessment of research, 02/22/2018.

• King's College London, UK. Changing hiring and promotion to recognise reproducible and transparent research practices.

• Leeds University, UK. Responsible metrics in the assessment of research. University of Leeds responsible research metrics assessment, 09/2021.

• London School of Economics, UK. Statement on the responsible use of citation metrics 2016.

• Manchester Metropolital University, UK. Responsible use of research metrics.

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

• Oxford University, UK. https://researchsupport.admin.ox.ac.uk/information/principles Principles to promote responsible use of research metrics, 05/25/2016.

• Portsmouth University, UK. Research governance.

• Southampton University, UK. Responsible research metrics policy, 11/20/2019.

• St. Andrews University, UK. Responsible metrics.

• St. George's, University of London, UK. Responsible research assessment.

• Straffordshire University, UK. Statement on the responsible use of research metrics, February 2020.

• 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.

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.