Interesting article by Gunther Eysenbach: Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact. Gunther Eysenbach. J Med Internet Res 2011 (Dec 16); 13(4):e123. “Tweets can predict highly cited articles within the first 3 days of article publication. Social media activity either increases citations or [...]

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Impact has a bad name among many researchers, but thinking of impact as re-use could be key to uniting both funders and researchers. Blog post by Cameron Neylon. “We may not be able to demonstrate or to measure significant re-use of the outputs of the research that we fund now for many years. But what [...]

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“The central aim of the BRIF (Bioresource Research Impact Factor) initiative is to construct a quantitative parameter to evaluate bioresources, modeled to some degree on the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), and to provide guidance and methodology for optimizing recognition of bioresources, their use and their sharing at international level.” [Source: Mabile, Laurence, Dalgleish, Raymond, Thorisson, [...]

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“Some researchers may recoil from metrics-based assessment. But they should know how others are keeping score.” Read the article in Nature: The Athletes of Science by Maria Pavlou and Eleftherios P. Diamandis. Nature 478, 419 (2011). doi:10.1038/nj7369-419a.

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Interesting article in Higher Education from Australia: Research Achievements Underrated by Mike Calford. How is impact of innovation in practice and changes to policy measured? Calford points out several examples of innovative research projects. “The Kids Safe Sleeping Campaign, developed by an international group of public health researchers, has reduced the incidence of sudden infant [...]

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Podcasts and presentations are available from the Investigating Academic Impact Conference hosted by The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) of the University of London held on 13 June 2011. Among the sections included are: Current Thinking in Assessing Impact Innovative Methods for Impact and Engagement A ‘How To’ Guide to Measuring Your [...]

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The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Universities UK (UUK) issued a joint statement on impact. “Benefits can result from an individual piece of research, or from a body of activity conducted over a period and perhaps across several departments or universities. They can take a wide variety of [...]

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