Can We Estimate a Monetary Value of Scientific Publications?
Policymakers are beginning to put monetary value on scientific publications. What does this mean for researchers?
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How Can Your Research Have More Impact? Five Key Principles and Practical Tips for Effective Knowledge Exchange
"Stunned, Very Confused": Two More Journals Push Back Against Impact Factor Suppression
"Stunned, Very Confused": Two More Journals Push Back Against Impact Factor Suppression
At least two more journals are fighting decisions by Clarivate — the company behind the Impact Factor — to suppress them from the 2019 list of journals assigned a metric that many rightly or wrongly consider career-making.
RoRI Announces Partners and First Wave of Projects
Following an intense period of consultation and co-design, we are excited to unveil our first wave of projects, which will run for the remainder of RoRI's pilot phase (until autumn 2021). We are also delighted to announce our partners, who will be collaborating in the design and delivery of these projects.
Impact factor volatility due to a single paper: A comprehensive analysis
This publication shows how a single paper affects the impact factor (IF) of a journal by analyzing data from 3,088,511 papers published in 11639 journals in the 2017 Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics.
Take Action - #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM
Wednesday June 10 has been designated a day of action in STEM and in academia in support of Black lives. Non-Black, non-Indigenous people in STEM and academia are invited to dedicate their working hours to formulating a plan of ACTION for how to join the struggle to ensure that Black lives matter.
The Purpose of Publications in a Pandemic and Beyond
For Elizabeth Gadd, the Covid-19 pandemic makes it clear that long standing issues with academic publications need to be addressed quickly and definitively.
Methods for Mapping the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities - A Literature Review
Methods for Mapping the Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities - A Literature Review
This article explores the current literature on ‘research impact’ in the social sciences and humanities (SSH).
Normal Versus Extraordinary Societal Impact: How to Understand, Evaluate, and Improve Research Activities in Their Relations to Society?
Normal Versus Extraordinary Societal Impact: How to Understand, Evaluate, and Improve Research Activities in Their Relations to Society?
How can science–society relations be better understood, evaluated, and improved by focusing on the organizations that typically interact in a specific domain of research.
Understanding the Key Dimensions in Developing SSH Research Societal Impact
Understanding the Key Dimensions in Developing SSH Research Societal Impact
Impact is increasingly important for science policy-makers. Science policy studies have reacted to this heightened urgency by studying these policy-interventions.
Impact 'Agenda' Or Impact 'Phantom'?
Responding to an emerging debate around the changing nature of the impact agenda in the UK, the author argues that the current moment presents an opportunity to exorcise the ghosts of previous regimes of incentivising and assessing impact.
Are Altmetrics Able to Measure Societal Impact in a Similar Way to Peer Review?
Are Altmetrics Able to Measure Societal Impact in a Similar Way to Peer Review?
Altmetrics have become an increasingly ubiquitous part of scholarly communication, although the value they indicate is contested. A recent study examined the relationship of peer review, altmetrics, and bibliometric analyses with societal and academic impact. Drawing on evidence from REF2014 submissions, it argues altmetrics may provide evidence for wider non-academic debates, but correlate poorly with peer review assessments of societal impact.
Dutch Universities and Research Funders Move Away from the Impact Factor
Dutch Universities and Research Funders Move Away from the Impact Factor
In a collaborative effort Dutch institutes and funders start development of new system of recognition and rewards.
Physics Worth More to EU Economy Than Retail and Financial Services
Industries that rely on physics expertise contribute more to the EU economy than financial services or retail, according to a new study.
Tale of the Converted: How Complex Social Problems Have Made Me Question the Use of Data in Driving Impact
Tale of the Converted: How Complex Social Problems Have Made Me Question the Use of Data in Driving Impact
In practice the way in which research impacts and influences policy and society is often thought to be a rational, ordered and linear process. Whilst this might represent a ‘common sense’ understanding of research impact, this post reflects on how upending the primacy of data and embracing complexity can lead to a more nuanced and effective understanding of research impact.
Block on GM Rice 'has Cost Millions of Lives and Led to Child Blindness'
Block on GM Rice 'has Cost Millions of Lives and Led to Child Blindness'
Eco groups and global treaty blamed for delay in supply of vitamin-A enriched Golden Rice
Meet the Research Impact Canvas
Fecher and Kobsda introduce the Research Impact Canvas - a structured guide to plan science communication activities.
Can We Assess the Wider Effects of Public Engagement?
The extent to which researchers can assess the impact of their public engagement is often under-analysed and limited to success stories. Drawing on the example of development aid, it is argued that we need to widen the parameters for assessing public engagement.
We Scientists Must Rise Up to Prevent the Climate Crisis. Words Aren't Enough
Significant Economic Benefits? Enhancing the Impact of Open Science for Knowledge Users
Significant Economic Benefits? Enhancing the Impact of Open Science for Knowledge Users
In this post it is discussed how open research can lead to economic benefits. The author suggests that future open research policies should focus on developing research discovery, translation and the capacity for research utilisation outside of the academy.
Universities Earned Just $75 Million from IP in 2017, but Spent $5.7 Billion on R&D
Universities Earned Just $75 Million from IP in 2017, but Spent $5.7 Billion on R&D
Canada’s top universities and research institutes spent $5.7 billion on research and development (R&D), but generated less than $75 million from licensing their innovations in 2017. That’s an average return on investment of 1.3 per cent.
New Center Aims to Create a More Transparent Approach to Research Assessment
At Elsevier's International Center for the Study of Research, experts will examine research using metrics and other qualitative and quantitative methods.
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