Standards & principles we align with
SigmaCV is open infrastructure for responsible research assessment, not only a CV tool. It is built on — and helps put into practice — the frameworks below.
How SigmaCV applies each:
- Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information — Built entirely on open research information, and publishing every CV as open, machine-readable metadata.
- DORA — San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment — Metrics are opt-in and default to none; field-normalized measures are preferred over journal-based proxies.
- CoARA — Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment — Narrative and contribution-focused CVs are first-class, supporting qualitative, responsible assessment.
- Leiden Manifesto for research metrics — Quantitative indicators stay optional and contextual — supporting expert judgement, not replacing it.
- Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers — Open access, open data and code, and retraction status are surfaced — rewarding transparency and reliability.
- The Metric Tide — When shown, metrics carry their provenance and limitations: robustness, humility, transparency, diversity, reflexivity.
- FAIR principles & FAIR4RS — Every CV is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable; SigmaCV itself follows FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS).
The full open-science & FAIR statement and the source code are on GitHub.