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Maximizing the Utility of Open Science
Impact
September 16, 2019

Maximizing the Utility of Open Science

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Modernizing the Monograph Ecosystem Can Save Them From Extinction
Communication
August 16, 2019

Modernizing the Monograph Ecosystem Can Save Them From Extinction

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Before Plan S, There Was Latin America’s AmeliCA
Open Access
August 9, 2019

Before Plan S, There Was Latin America’s AmeliCA

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Do We Turn Away from the ‘Grimpact’ of Some Research?
Impact
August 6, 2019

Do We Turn Away from the ‘Grimpact’ of Some Research?

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Impact and Assessing Public Engagement

Impact and Assessing Public Engagement

Promoting public engagement with research has become a core mission for research funders. However, the extent to which researchers can assess the impact of this engagement is often under-analysed and limited to success stories. Drawing on the example of development aid, Marco J Haenssgen argues we need to widen the parameters for assessing public engagement and begin to develop a skills base for the external evaluation of public engagement work.

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Using Twitter as a Data Source: Social Media Research Tools

Using Twitter as a Data Source: Social Media Research Tools

Twitter and other social media platforms represent a large and largely untapped resource for social data and evidence. In this post, Wasim Ahmed updates his recurring series on the Impact Blog, to bring you the latest developments in digital methods and methodologies for researching Twitter and other social media platforms.

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Can We Use Altmetrics to Measure Societal Impact?

Can We Use Altmetrics to Measure Societal Impact?

In this post, Lutz Bornmann and Robin Haunschild present evidence from their recent study examining the relationship of peer review, altmetrics, and bibliometric analyses with societal and academic impact. Drawing on evidence from REF2014 submissions, they argue altmetrics may provide evidence for wider non-academic debates, but correlate poorly with peer review assessments of societal impact.

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Academe Just Doesn’t Talk Enough about Research Metrics

Academe Just Doesn’t Talk Enough about Research Metrics

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The active use of metrics in everyday research activities suggests academics have accepted them as standards of evaluation. Yet when asked, many academics profess concern about the limitations of evaluative metrics and the extent of their use. Why is there such a discrepancy between principle and practices?

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The Impact Chain – How to Craft an Effective Impact Narrative

The Impact Chain – How to Craft an Effective Impact Narrative

A vital part of any research assessment program is the ability to clearly demonstrate the impacts, whatever they may, of the research undertaken. In this post, Katy McEwan presents the impact chain approach for writing impact case studies. A method, which provides a framework for producing impact narratives

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Open Scholarship Means We Must Rethink How to Measure Impact

Open Scholarship Means We Must Rethink How to Measure Impact

Sascha Friesike, Benedikt Fecher and Gert. G. Wagner outline three systemic shifts in scholarly communication that render traditional measures of impact outdated and call for a renewed debate on how we understand and measure research impact.

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LSE 2018 Round-Up on Connecting Research With Policy

LSE 2018 Round-Up on Connecting Research With Policy

LSE takes us through a round-up of all their top articles relating to Research and Policy connectivity. Explore a variety of 2018 articles on engagement, policy making, and collaboration.

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Evidence-Based Policy: Do Knowledge Brokers Help?

Evidence-Based Policy: Do Knowledge Brokers Help?

We need to bridge the gap between academic research and public policy. Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge brokering organization, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking.

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