Search Results: SF declaration 2012

ASCB offers awards for life scientists just starting out

…a founder of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), ASCB does not use journal impact factors or other journal-based metrics in the evaluation process for its award candidates. ASCB looks…

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December council meeting targets bylaw updates, publishing, and meeting programming

…a statement on the Declaration on Effective and Inclusive Undergraduate Biology Education should help “move the needle” to maximize effective and inclusive education. Lee Ligon, co-chair of the Public Information…

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Wither publishing: Oh, brave new world that has no journals in it!

Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA); maintaining a fulltime staff member for public policy, Kevin Wilson, who is our connection to Capitol Hill and the U.S. government; and publishing LSE, which…

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Council Discusses Governance Recommendations, Strategic Plan Progress, More

…a new white paper topic on career trajectories for senior scientists; and they agreed on changes to the governance structure to the Declaration on Research Assessment initiative. ASCB’s Director of…

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DORA Community Interviews Examine Innovation in Research Assessment

In celebration of last May’s fifth anniversary of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the DORA Steering Committee created a community interview series to provide a space for…

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Governance, Publishing, Meeting Top Council’s Conversations

…outlined in the “Declaration of Effective and Inclusive Education,” which was approved by the Council. New ASCB Committee Chairs, Co-Chairs, and Committee Members Approved by the Executive Committee With the…

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Harris's book explores critical topic of scientific rigor

…of impact factors in the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and instituting a checklist that helps to guard against sloppy science in our journal Molecular Biology of the Cell. This…

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Green Is Not the New Gold: Beware of False Models for Open Access

…use of publication metrics gave rise to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (an initiative that EMBO is proud to support alongside ASCB). Fallout Happens Not all of the…

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Ohsumi’s Nobel Is Big Win for Autophagy, Yeast Genetics, and ASCB

…Symposium talk at the 2014 ASCB Annual Meeting, entitled “Molecular Dissection of Autophagy in Yeast.” He has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. Ohsumi’s prize brings to 32…

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Ohsumi’s Nobel Is Big Win for Autophagy, Yeast & ASCB

…a signer of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).   Ohsumi’s prize brings the total of Nobels in either Medicine or Chemistry won by ASCB members to 32….

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