DORA Statement 

The Verus Institute is a DORA Signatory

 

As part of its commitment to integrity, transparency, and excellence in research, The Verus Institute has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), underscoring its dedication to responsible, equitable, and context-sensitive evaluation of scholarly and scientific contributions.

 

Link: https://sfdora.org/signers/

 

 

What Signing DORA Means for the Verus Institute

 

By endorsing DORA, the Verus Institute pledges to:

• Advance responsible research assessment by evaluating outputs based on their intrinsic quality, originality, and rigor—rather than on journal-based metrics or institutional prestige.

• Value diverse forms of scholarship, including open-access publications, software, datasets, and public-facing works that broaden participation in scientific and intellectual life.

• Promote transparency and inclusivity in research communication by supporting open referencing, reproducibility, and accessibility across multiple media and formats.

• Recognize collaboration and mentorship as integral to scientific progress, giving due weight to team-based achievements and contributions that strengthen the research community.

• Encourage innovation in research dissemination through preprints, open peer review, and digital scholarship that align with the Institute’s commitment to open science and educational reform.

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About DORA

 

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), launched in 2012 at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in San Francisco, seeks to improve how research outputs are evaluated. DORA calls for assessment systems that recognize the full range of scholarly contributions and move beyond simplistic metrics such as journal impact factor.

 

For more information and to read the full declaration, visit the DORA Official Website.