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DORA , a public declaration launched in 2013 with now over 23,000 signatories worldwide, aims to radically revise the current methods of research assessment. It speaks of an urgent need to improve the ways in which research is currently evaluated by moving beyond the monopoly of the Impact Factor to a more diverse and inclusive set of measures. At Policy & Politics , we recognise this need very well. So many in our community tell us how their professional lives are dominated by the Impact Factors of journal
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