The DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)

The DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) promotes improving how research quality is evaluated. Instead of relying mainly on journal impact factors—numbers that measure a journal’s popularity—DORA encourages assessing individual research articles and researchers based on their actual impact and content. This aims to reduce bias, incentive to publish in certain journals, and promote fairer, more meaningful recognition of scientific work. Overall, DORA seeks to make research assessment more transparent, equitable, and focused on genuine scientific contributions rather than just journal metrics.