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Judging Evidence Quality
DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)
Also called dora
DORA is a widely signed initiative arguing against the misuse of journal-level metrics, like Impact Factor, to judge individual researchers or articles.
In context
You'll usually need this when arguing against using a journal-level metric to judge an individual researcher or article.
Why it matters
It's a widely signed initiative arguing against the misuse of journal-level metrics to judge individual researchers or articles.