Impact Digital Resources
Highlights
What would you like to do?
make a CHANGE
PLAN your research impact
MEASURE your research impact
TRACK your research impact
BROADCAST your research
improve your SCIENCE COMMUNICATION skills
see EXAMPLES of impact
learn about the NEW DIRECTIONS in the field of research impact
HIRE based on responsible research assessment
be FOUND online
CONNECT to other impact-conscious parties
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The Science Shops of the University of Groningen conduct short and powerful research to answer questions with social impact. Groningen students are conducting the research in collaboration with the employees of the Science Shops.
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Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Mark Reed gives you practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference.
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The Dutch Research Council is the most important science funding bodies in the Netherlands and realises quality and innovation in science, with a focus on impact.
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As researchers like you are increasingly expected to demonstrate the wider societal impact of their research, rather than solely being rewarded for academic publication, learn how to plan for and demonstrate your impact.
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Learn to lead of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. Maximize the impact of your research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible.
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Webinars
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Tools by Research Impact Canada.
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Demonstrate your journal, article, author and institutional influence in a comprehensive, trustworthy and transparent way.
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Visualize your organization’s research performance, benchmark it against peers, and identify emerging research trends with SciVal. Their modular solution offers insights to enrich local knowledge, support research strategy, evaluation, and funding success.
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Track online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference
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10 principles to guide research evaluation |
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Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Mark Reed gives you practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference.
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Learn facts about how data underlying the metrics in Scopus (and SciVal) are used, how the metrics are calculated and displayed, and how variables besides performance can affect the metrics.
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State of the art of quantitative methods and models to understand and assess academic impact.
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A guide to interpretation and good practice when using metrics.
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In-depth review of the literature on citation impact indicators is presented, including bibliographic databases, normalization, counting methods, and journal indicators. |
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Guest posts on academic metrics and analytics. Read about new developments in publishing, interpret the significance of relevant research in a balanced way (or occasionally in a provocative way), discover areas that need more input by identifying gaps in knowledge.
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Chances are, you want to track your impact in the context of the SEP. Read the official guidelines to prepare yourself.
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Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Mark Reed gives you practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference.
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Book
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Visualize your organization’s research performance, benchmark it against peers, and identify emerging research trends with SciVal. Their modular solution offers insights to enrich local knowledge, support research strategy, evaluation, and funding success.
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Track online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference
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Track research and evidence impact by using technology and algorithms to collect outcomes and outputs of research from the web, external data sources and the researchers themselves. |
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Learn to engage with and demonstrate the impact of research in your community and society.
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As researchers like you are increasingly expected to demonstrate the wider societal impact of their research, rather than solely being rewarded for academic publication, learn how to plan for and demonstrate your impact.
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Podcast
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Tools by Research Impact Canada.
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People are interested in your research... As long as you find your story. Learn how to tell your story on the platform of your choice: on social media, in a science magazine, in a podcast, infographic, or video.
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Write stories to share your research with a broad, global audience and grow your influence with science communication resources and tools.
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Early-career researchers at the University of Groningen showcase their state-of-the-art research and share their experiences as up-and-coming scientists.
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Thousands of researchers across hundreds of cities share and discuss their findings with people in their local pub, bar, cafe or public space. |
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3 minutes to present your PhD thesis. Winners of the Groningen challenge will compete for a chance to win at the international finals.
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Learn to lead of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. Maximize the impact of your research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible.
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Tools by Research Impact Canada.
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Find information about science communication in general terms, SciComm initiatives, and an overview of upcoming events in- and around Groningen about digestible and engaging content-creation!
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People are interested in your research... As long as you find your story. Learn how to tell your story on the platform of your choice: on social media, in a science magazine, in a podcast, infographic, or video.
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Training
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Learn to lead of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. Maximize the impact of your research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible.
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Webinars
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Tools by Research Impact Canada.
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Listen to experts from around the globe who use research to create real impact. Discover the important topics in research at the moment and how that research is brought to life. |
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Meet nine researchers from the University of Bath whose expertise spans the environment, the digital age, and preventable diseases, looking for answers to fundamental questions.
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From academic research to governement partners, one policy issue at a time. This podcast focuses on social topics that have tangible effects on the public in their everyday lives. |
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Researchers from Ghent University’s Department of Public Health and Primary Care (GE39) apply their expertise towards the promotion of a better health for all.
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Stay up-to-date with new developments in the field of research intelligence.
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Why altmetrics are the future of research filters.
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Oct 2010
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Set of recommendations to address the need to improve the ways in which the output of scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties. Indicate your support by adding your name to this Declaration.
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May 2013
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10 principles to guide research evaluation
with 25 translations, a video and a blog. |
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Apr 2015
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Explore new directions in knowledge exchange, impact policy, governance, and practice, while involving key stakeholder groups.
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2015
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Read european advice on how to advance a next-generation metrics in the context of Open Science, following policy lines of the Open Science Agenda: Fostering Open Science, Removing barriers to Open Science, Developing research infrastructures and Embed Open Science in society.
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2017
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Proposal of a system towards a new balance in the recognition and rewards of academics.
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Nov 2019
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Read the shared direction for changes in assessment practices for research, with the overarching goal to maximise the quality and impact of research. The Agreement includes the principles, commitments and timeframe for reforms and lays out the principles for a Coalition of organisations willing to work together in implementing the changes.
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Official Document
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Jul 2022
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Derived from the agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (RRA), the coalition has gathered 768 signatories as of July 2024, and counting.
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Dec 2022
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Openness of information about the conduct and communication of research must be the new norm. Commit to taking a lead in transforming the way research information is used and produced.
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Apr 2024
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UG's approved principles to promote the responsible assessment of research. Evaluation practices to avoid and positive alternatives to adopt in research assessment, and in the recruitment, recognition and reward of researchers.
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Search the collection to apply criteria and standards for hiring, review, promotion, and tenure from academic institutions
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Strategies for including more perspectives and reducing biases in the evaluation processes for hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding decisions.
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A guide to interpretation and good practice when using metrics.
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A guide to interpretation and good practice when using metrics.
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The Pure system uses an automated process to pull publications from large scholarly databases such as Scopus and Web of Science.
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Unique digital identifier that helps funders, publishers, research administration and scholarly database providers to correctly and uniquely associate research output with a particular researcher.
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Stay connected to the world of science. |
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Connect to professionals both within and outside of academia.
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Bridge between research information specialists, library staff, programmers, and academic staff on the one side and policy makers, strategy advisors and management on the other side.
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Write stories to share your research with a broad, global audience and grow your influence with science communication resources and tools.
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Hub for researchers, administrative staff, librarians, students, think tanks, government, and anyone else interested in maximising the impact of academic work. Encourages debate, shares best practice and keeps the impact community up to date with news, events and the latest research.
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| Last modified: | 11 September 2024 11.47 a.m. |