For improving the assessment of research, the San Francisco declaration (DORA) was introduced in 2012 as a set of recommendations by a group of editors and publishers of scholarly journals. International Coaliton for Advancing Assessment (CoARA) was initiated in 2022.
The CoARA brings together a wide range of organisations involved in research assessment and their respective associations, including research funding organisations, research performing organisations, national/regional assessment authorities and agencies, learned societies and researcher organisations, all willing to work together to enable systemic reform on the basis of common principles and commitments contained in the Agreement.
CoARA aims to improve the quality and impact of research by reforming the framework for research assessment on the foundation of qualitative metrics, peer review, transparency, and responsibility when relying on quantitative metrics. Signatories commit to core commitments according to which they will handle research assessment.
