An empirical investigation using Web of Science and Altmetric data investigates how many papers are mentioned in policy-related documents. We find that less than 0.5% of the papers published in different subject categories are mentioned at least once in policy-related documents. Based on our results, we recommend that the analysis of (WoS) publications with at least one policy-related mention is repeated regularly (annually). Mentions in policy-related documents should not be used for impact measurement until new policy-related sites are tracked.

Is expert opinion on impact congruent with citation numbers?

A New Metric That Uses Citation Rates to Measure Influence at the Article Level

Evaluation of academic research plays a significant role in government efforts to steer public universities. The scope of such evaluation is now being extended to include the ‘relevance’ or ‘impact’ of academic research outside the academy. We address how evaluation of non-academic research impact can promote more such impact without undermining academic freedom and research excellence.

The scientific output supported by the FWF Austrian Science Fund is analyzed on the basis of journal publications, its distribution over fields of science, and scientific cooperation, covered by the Web of Science (WoS).

A paper that suggests that the imposition of arbitrary manuscript length limits discourages the publication of more impactful studies.

Activity report from WikiCite 2016 (Berlin, 25-26 May 2016).

On the Relationship between Research Productivity and Impact

The tension between simple but invalid indicators that are widely used and more sophisticated indicators that are not used or cannot be used in evaluation practices because they are not transparent for users, cannot be calculated, or are difficult to interpret.

Citation metrics are very influential and their normalization is a contentious issue. Each normalization approach has advantages and disadvantages that need to be understood for proper use of these metrics.

A scientific study of the importance of diagrams to science