Category: Research assessment
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Open Research Blog Series #2: Research Metrics
Keeping with this year’s Open Access Week theme of Community over Commercialisation, it is important to remember that the value of research outputs to the larger community cannot be measured using traditional bibliometrics alone. Metrics alone cannot capture the full richness of academic contributions; they must be contextualised Meiko Makita, Health Sciences Open Research Lead,…
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Activities: There’s so much that you can record in Discovery and more than one way to do it!
Over the past few years our team has noticed additional focus and attention on the need to record research-related activities and have responded by adapting and improving our services to accommodate the changing needs of our academic community. The driving forces behind these changes are threefold; Responsible Research Assessment As a signatory of DORA, and…
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DORA: The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and the Responsible Use of Metrics
The University of Dundee has signed and expressed its commitment to DORA, a set of principles designed to ensure that research assessment is undertaken in a responsible, fair and transparent manner. Read the University of Dundee statement here. What do you need to know about DORA? The vision of DORA is to “advance practical and…