The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
Examples of contributions and impacts by research pillar

All Pillars
  • Track record in building networks, collaborations, and partnerships (e.g., community of practice, modernization of training programs, etc.).
  • Contributions to capacity building, mentorship, and training.
  • Contributions to advances in equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in the research ecosystem.
  • Co-creation of products, technology, processes, services, or advice useful to specific organizations (in the private, public, or non-profit sectors), communities or society.
  • Communication of research results and knowledge translation to specialist or non-specialist audiences, including the public (e.g., magazine/newspaper articles, media interviews, blog posts, social media or public lectures).
  • Contributions to policy (e.g., directives, legislation, regulation, policy briefs and debates).
  • Influences on providers’ care practices (e.g., prevention, management, guidelines) and processes in service delivery.
  • Influences on development of/improvement in health services products and services (e.g., technology, digital health; treatment; data infrastructure).
  • Influencing behaviour changes (of policymakers, providers, patients, organizations, etc.).
  • Creation, curation, sharing, or reuse of datasets.
  • Development of tools, including software, for use by researchers or by others in the public or private domain.
  • Intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets.
  • Publications, including articles, pre-prints, monographs, memoirs, or special papers, review articles, conference/symposia/workshop proceedings, posters and abstracts, government publications, etc.
  • Impacts beyond the academic sector; consider impacts on government; health care and related organizations; private for-profit or not-for-profit; non-governmental organizations, etc.
Pillar 1 - Biomedical
  • Intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets.
  • Publications: including articles, pre-prints, monographs, memoirs, or special papers, review articles, conference/symposia/workshop proceedings, posters and abstracts, government publications, etc.
  • Impacts beyond the academic sector; consider impacts on government; health care and related organizations; private for-profit or not-for-profit; non-governmental organizations, etc.
Pillar 2 - Clinical
  • Intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets.
  • Publications, including articles, pre-prints, monographs, memoirs, or special papers, review articles, conference/symposia/workshop proceedings, posters and abstracts, government publications, etc.
  • Impacts on the health systems and society at large, including improvements in patient experience, provider experience, population health, cost-effectiveness / value for money and health equity.
  • Impacts beyond the academic sector; consider impacts on government; health care and related organizations; private for-profit or not-for-profit; non-governmental organizations, etc.
Pillar 3 - Health services
  • Contributions to policy (e.g., directives, legislation, regulation, policy briefs and debates).
  • Influences on providers’ care practices (e.g., prevention, management, guidelines) and processes in service delivery.
  • Influences on development/improvement in health services products and services (e.g., technology, digital health; treatment; data infrastructure)
  • Influencing behaviour changes (of policymakers, providers, patients, organizations, etc.).
  • Impacts on the health systems and society at large, including improvements in patient experience, provider experience, population health, cost-effectiveness / value for money and health equity.
  • Impacts beyond the academic sector; consider impacts on government; health care and related organizations; private for-profit or not-for-profit; non-governmental organizations, etc.
Pillar 4 - Social, cultural, environment and population health research
  • Contributions to policy (e.g., directives, legislation, regulation, policy briefs and debates).
  • Influences on providers’ care practices (e.g., prevention, management, guidelines).
  • Influencing behaviour changes (of policymakers, providers, patients, organizations, etc.).
  • Impacts on population and public health at large, including improvements in equitable patient outcomes and experiences, population health, cost-effectiveness / value for money and health equity.
  • Impacts beyond the academic sector; consider impacts on government; health care and related organizations; private for-profit or not-for-profit; non-governmental organizations, etc.
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