It's tomorrow! 🤩 We're excited to hear Tales from the Frontline: "Reforming Research Assessment in Australia", by Tina Cockburn; "Assessment Reform: A New Zealand Perspective" by Alan Coulson; "Co-Creating Narrative Research Assessment: The COMON Experiment at Kyoto University" by Yu Sasaki & more!

📢 Plenty of time to register - an opportunity to hear about an international, community-led initiative supporting Diamond #OpenAccess journals

How can funders rethink research excellence with their communities? New @embo.org guest post shares insights from a workshop bringing researchers together to explore fairer, more inclusive assessment aligned with DORA & @coarassessment.bsky.social principles. Explore the full story 👉 bit.ly/RRA-EMBO

❌Myth: Preprints are merely preliminary research and, therefore, unreliable. ✅️Truth: Most authors share preprints right before submission to journals for formal peer review. Preprints often contain detailed methods and data and have passed the screening or moderation process on preprint servers.

Our colleague Dominika Tkaczyk, together with @msphelps.bsky.social, will be running a pre-conference workshop. Join & learn how #metadata shapes research assessment, #funding, and policy decisions across regions. https://event.fourwaves.com/force2026/abstracts/89e2edec-6b2d-49d8-8bec-b9e72462dc35

Participe do nosso Webinário sobre Avaliação Responsável da Pesquisa! Inscrições aqui: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #reproducibility #openscience #ciênciaaberta #reprodutibilidade

📢 New in DORA’s Resource Library! Crafting an effective Narrative CV for STEM postdoc applications, by Ciampi, Birkett & Blackford (Univ. of Cambridge) at ARRC project! ✅ Examples of strong Narrative CVs ✅ Why they work ✅ Practical advice for applicants & reviewers 🔗 sfdora.org/resource/ste...

Are you interested in research on open science? Would you like to know what really works and what does not when it comes to open science implementation? Then join us at the 'Researching Open Science' event at PLNT Leiden on 18 September 2026! More info: direc.to/oKfR

I am very happy that we are expanding Registered Reports to all disciplines in which we publish, which is all areas of natural, clinical and social sciences, engineering & public health. We’ve learned a lot since 2023 when we first invited RRs; we are ready to expand 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📢 New in DORA’s Resource Library! Crafting an effective Narrative CV for STEM postdoc applications, by Ciampi, Birkett & Blackford (Univ. of Cambridge) at ARRC project! ✅ Examples of strong Narrative CVs ✅ Why they work ✅ Practical advice for applicants & reviewers 🔗 sfdora.org/resource/ste...

Join us fo the 2nd webinar in the @almasiproject.bsky.social discussion series on #scholarled publishing! 👉 Register here: almasiproject.org/news-and-eve...

We know who cites research. But do we know who funds it? 💰 Today, the Barcelona Declaration WG on Funding Metadata is publishing 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and a companion background document. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026052...

How do we assess research excellence in a way that reflects today’s scientific reality? 🧪 Read the report from EMBO’s recent #policy workshop exploring this question: https://www.embo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Revisiting-the-EMBO-Funding-Criteria-A-Workshop-Report.pdf DORA CoARA

Honoured to join TSRI & NSERC at #GRC2026 last week! 🇹🇭 Proud of Leslie Chan’s keynote on inclusive #OpenScience: sfdora.org/2026/05/25/r... Clear message: reforming research assessment is key for Open Science & sustainable communities. GRC RRA WG & DORA shared our new tool: bit.ly/GRC-RRA-self...

🕓 Next ALMASI webinar: Thursday 11ᵗʰ June 2026 at 16:30 CEST. In the opening talk, @zehrataskin.bsky.social from Hacettepe University (Turkey) will focus on Preprints and Publish-Review-Curate initiatives. 📝Discover the entire program and register to attend: almasiproject.org/news-and-eve...

📅 Save the date Join us in Berlin for the 2026 Meeting of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information 📅 24–25 November 📍 Berlin 👥 In person & online 🤝 Organized by the Declaration,@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de and @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2...

"The suspension of the 2026 CAS journal ranking signals a proactive policy pivot in China’s research evaluation reform ... China will evolve toward quality‑driven assessment anchored in peer review and representative‑work evaluation"

Good for Ireland! @dorassessment.bsky.social

Curious about China’s Journal Reclassification Reform? Read about the termination of the CAS Journal Classification Table compiled by National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a major step in research evaluation reform! New guestpost by Prof Fang Xu 👉 bit.ly/CAS-journal-...

Curious about China’s Journal Reclassification Reform? Read about the termination of the CAS Journal Classification Table compiled by National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a major step in research evaluation reform! New guestpost by Prof Fang Xu 👉 bit.ly/CAS-journal-...

Eine Möglichkeit ist, gleichzeitig an den Forderungen nach Open Access sowie Kriterien für Forschungsbewertung zu drehen. Einzelne Forschende oder Institutionen können sich dafür aussprechen, Forschung nicht alleine auf Basis einzelner Kennzahlen zu bewerten. Flyer (ENG): zenodo.org/records/2028...

Don't worry! 😉 We understand Zenodo is currently down, but you can also download our new Practical Guide for implementing responsible #ResearchAssessment for funders at our website. Feel free to go to sfdora.org/resource/rfo... and get your copy now! Fingers crossed for our Zenodo colleagues🤞

And that's a wrap! 🥳 We're delighted to have launched the new Practical Guide for Funders with our global community in 3 fantastic panels, in collaboration with @scienceeurope.org and the GRC RRA Working Group! We look forward to continuing these conversations with you. Email us [email protected] 🤩

Global shared principles while enabling for flexibility and locally relevant practices. A great summary of the new Practical Guide and GRC Self-assessment Tool for funders from Grace Estillore in our Asia-Pacific launch event! You can download the GRC Self-Assessment Tool at doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

"No action is too small - it can be a chat in the water coller!", "We need to learn from each other!" Great quotes and most importantly great conversations and questions on AI, narrative CVs and more on a very successful first event! Missed this? Join the other events 👉 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

Rethinking assessment isn’t easy, especially in contexts shaped by global inequalities. In Uruguay, a growing movement is challenging metric‑driven systems and opening space for more inclusive and socially relevant research assessment. New blogpost by Natalia Gras & Judith Sutz 👉 bit.ly/RRA-Uruguay

Inspired by the World Conference on Research Integrity last week? Solidify your knowledge with ALPSP's 'Introduction to Publication Ethics in Scholarly Publishing' Virtual Training Course, taking place Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 July. Secure your place here 👉 buff.ly/uFTc9yj

At the May 19th ROR Community Call, we'll hear about the ROR-based Flemish Organization Registry and about @crossref.bsky.social's plan to implement automatic matching of funder names to ROR IDs. Join us! ror.org/events/#ror-...

Are you ready for the first launch event of the new Practical Guide for implementing responsible #ResearchAssessment for Funders? We're delighted to welcome you in just 3 hours! 🤩 There's enough space in the Zoom room - register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We have a great lineup for Wed's (May 13) Deep Dive: The Healthy Metadata Ecosystem! Molly Hirst, Andrew Joseph, Ed Pentz, & Matthew Ragucci will join facilitator @alicemeadows.bsky.social for a discussion of the importance of #metadata for discovery, impact, & more: niso.org/events/deep-...

The RRA Practical Guide for Funders is here! 🤩 Download now ahead of the launch events this week 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Funder-... Designed with and for funders worldwide, the Guide offers practical activities, examples, and actionable insights to support the implementation across the funding lifecycle.

It's next week! 😱 We're so excited to introduce the Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, developed in collaboration with GRC RRA WG, @scienceeurope.org and funders worldwide. 3 online events on May 13 and 14! Register now 👉 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

It's next week! 😱 We're so excited to introduce the Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, developed in collaboration with GRC RRA WG, @scienceeurope.org and funders worldwide. 3 online events on May 13 and 14! Register now 👉 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

PKP Founder John Willinsky presented the Publication Facts Label (PFL) at the World Conference on Research Integrity this week. The PFL plugin brings article and journal publishing facts together in one place: pkp.sfu.ca/2026/03/31/p... #WCRI2026 #PFLabel #ResearchIntegrity #JournalIntegrity

The Zoom rooms are big enough for us all! Have you registered yet for our launch events next week? 👇 A wonderful set of panelists discussing implementing responsible research assessment and how our new Practical Guide can help. See you there? 🤩 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

"The Cost of Knowledge" is the theme for #OAWeek 2026! The costs to access and share knowledge continue to increase, often dramatically. Why? Who benefits? Learn more and find graphics in a variety of languages to promote your #OpenAccess Week events (Oct. 19-25). www.openaccessweek.org

This is topic #2 of the GRIOS call for evidence synthesis on #OpenScience: 🤔 What factors influence the effectiveness of #ResearchData sharing policies? #FAIRdata principles are widely adopted but compliance is only part of the story. Submissions by 20 July 2026 👉 www.grios.org/grios-launch...

Our colleague @luismmontilla.com will be at #CRIS2026 in Ponta Delgada presenting on the Crossref Grant Linking System — the missing piece in persistent identifiers: for grants. https://meeting.eurocris.org/cris2026/#CRIS2026#euroCRIS #grantlinking

📣 Last spots left for our 2 June in person event in Singapore! Join us for panels featuring examples of reform & breakout sessions on metrics, open science, AI & equity in research. Co-organized with @coarassessment.bsky.social @force11.bsky.social. Register today 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📣 Last spots left for our 2 June in person event in Singapore! Join us for panels featuring examples of reform & breakout sessions on metrics, open science, AI & equity in research. Co-organized with @coarassessment.bsky.social @force11.bsky.social. Register today 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is good! We would add: Often the preprint is the only unpaywalled version available, so it's not just discoverable and citable, it's also readable - that helps, too! 😀

Are you already registered for our online events next week launching the Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, developed in collaboration with Global Research Council and @scienceeurope.org ? Our panels are fantastic if we may say so ourselves! 🤩 Register 👉 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

Please consider joining the @nisoinfo.bsky.social Working Group on Trust Markers for Increasing Credibility and Trust in Research! It's integrated to our work with @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @asapbio.bsky.social and @cwts.nl on research assessment and publishing reform www.niso.org/press-releas...

New joint guide from @crossref.bsky.social and @datacite.org, with practical information about the different #metadata elements supported by each to help consider the integrity of the scholarly record: doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... The upshot: richer metadata can help assess #researchintegrity.

And this your regular reminder to sign @dorassessment.bsky.social, because these problems start from how people have decided to assess research and we can change those!

Are you already registered for our online events next week launching the Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, developed in collaboration with Global Research Council and @scienceeurope.org ? Our panels are fantastic if we may say so ourselves! 🤩 Register 👉 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

A new report suggests that up to 89% of the costs of research grant peer review are borne by applicants. James Coe explores this "inefficiency market" in @wonkhe.bsky.social and asks why such a high-cost, low-success architecture remains so resistant to change: wonkhe.com/blogs/expens...

GRIOS is funding an evidence review on a key question: 🤔 Which incentive schemes & assessment reforms increase the uptake of #OpenScience? Reform is underway but we need evidence for what works. Ready to apply? Submit by 20 July 2026 🔗 www.grios.org/grios-launch... #ResearchAssessment #DORA #CoARA

Today, we’re pleased to share our three-year strategy, outlining our goals for transforming research communication between 2026–28. Find out more below elifesciences.org/inside-elife...