27/04/2023 (Agence Europe) – Science Europe, an association of research funding and implementation organisations, announced on Thursday 27 April that it has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). This declaration sets out a series of principles and initiatives to be undertaken to promote the evaluation of research based on its impact, qualities and intrinsic merits. The DORA signatories would like to see this type of evaluation adopted rather than one based on elements such as the use of publications taking into account bibliometrics alone or the reputation of the scientific journal in which the evaluated article is published. The European Commission signed the Declaration on 8 November 2022 (see EUROPE 13060/14) and is encouraging accession to DORA. DORA currently has 23,060 signatories. Link to DORA: https://aeur.eu/f/6lp (EV)