Rethinking research impact
The way we think about the impact of university research, according to one Arizona State University leader, needs urgent and fundamental change.
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Could a Novelty Indicator Improve Science?
A competition to develop computational approaches to detect 'novelty' in published papers will help metascientists to study how out-of-the-box research changes the scientific landscape.
Variability and negligence: grant peer review panels evaluating impact ex ante
Variability and negligence: grant peer review panels evaluating impact ex ante
Building on extensive observations of grant review panels and interviews with panelists in five funding organizations, this study explores how such panels assess societal impact.
The Impact of Winning Funding on Researcher Productivity, Results from a Randomized Trial
The Value of REF Beyond Academia - From Research to Development Impact
The Research Excellence Framework is primarily a mechanism for assessing the quality of research and allocating research funding. However, REF outputs and in particularly impact case studies hold value for many actors outside of higher education institutions.
How Efforts to Assess University Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals Fall Short
How Efforts to Assess University Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals Fall Short
Attempts to quantify academic contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals might miss the mark.
This Alternative Way to Measure Research Impact Made Judges Cry with Joy
Podcast: Research managers, citizen scientists, librarians and technicians rarely make it onto author lists. But an initiative to assess their hidden contributions to team science moved some judging panel members to tears.
Measuring Societal Impact: How to Go Beyond Standard Publication Metrics
The Promise of Impact Science
Imagine if nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and policy makers no longer had to guess what works but could predict success with scientific certainty. Enter the field of impact science.
How to Stop Cities and Companies Causing Planetary Harm
Researchers must help to define science-based targets for water, nutrients, carbon emissions and more to avoid cascading effects and stave off tipping points in Earth's systems.
The Public Futures of the Humanities
The challenge of demonstrating the value of the humanities can never be fully accomplished by showing that the humanities serve other disciplines.
The End of Journal Impact Factor Purgatory (and Numbers to the Thousandths) - The Scholarly Kitchen
Latest Government Bid to Dictate Research Directions Builds on a Decade of Failure
Engaging the Public in Science and Technology Studies
Research in science and technology studies (STS) goes beyond the traditional books and academic papers. It also includes the practical application of STS and how researchers are bringing those theories and knowledge to the public.
Is Scientific Communication Trustworthy?
Openness and politicization together have enabled public trust in science to erode. And science is insufficiently trustworthy. The scholarly communication sector must not ignore this situation.
'Time Team' Could Reveal the Future of Public Engagement
The UK archaeology programme, which is being revived on YouTube, represents an ideal to which other disciplines can aspire.
Creating What We Seek to Measure - How to Understand the Performative Aspect of Impact Evaluation?
Creating What We Seek to Measure - How to Understand the Performative Aspect of Impact Evaluation?
This post draws on a recent analysis of different impact evaluation tools to explore how they constitute and direct conceptions of research impact.
How to Get Media Coverage and Boost Your Science's Impact
A good communications strategy can get your research seen by decision makers, says Rebecca Fuoco.
What Does 'Levelling Up' R&D Look Like in the UK?
It is good that the authors of HEPI’s report ‘Regional Policy and R&D’ note that the UK, by most agreed measures, is significantly unbalanced economically (in terms of income, productivity and economic growth).
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