title: Reforming research assessment.
abstract: It is time for the research community to rethink how the outputs of scientific research are evaluated and, as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment makes clear, this should involve replacing the journal impact factor with a broad range of more meaningful approaches.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schekman
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research
keywords: eLife; publishing; research assessment; science policy; scientific publishing