The DORA Declaration

The Journal of Social and Human Sciences has signed the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), affirming its commitment to promoting the development of more effective and beneficial methods for research evaluation.
Link (Signatories – Journal of Social and Human Sciences): https://sfdora.org/signers/

What does this signature mean for the Journal of Social and Human Sciences?
By signing the Declaration on Research Assessment, the Journal of Social and Human Sciences pledges a serious commitment to implementing the recommendations of the Declaration for publishers.

• The journal is committed to providing a variety of metrics that enable a comprehensive and fair assessment of research contributions.

• The journal adopts a flexible policy, imposing no restrictions on the number of references included in research articles. Additionally, it actively encourages citing original research papers over review articles, emphasizing the importance of foundational literature in academic communication.

What is the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)?
DORA stands for the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, proposed by a group of editors and publishers during the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in San Francisco, California, on December 16, 2012. For more information and to read the declaration, please visit https://sfdora.org/read/.