Measuring Research Impact: Getting Started

• Research impact refers to the contribution of research through its process, findings, products or outputs, and outcomes making a difference (Levin, B. 2004) (Amo, C 2007).

• The demonstrable contribution that excellent research makes to society and the economy. . . Research impact embraces all the diverse ways that research-related skills benefit individuals, organizations and nations. Research Councils UK (RCUK)

• Impact is a word with a variety of subtle definitions, each changing over time and wih different audiences, geographies, and local institutional philosophies. (Roemer, R. C. & Borchardt, R., p. 4 2015)

Web of Science integrates ResearchID and ORCID to identify individual researchers.Google Scholar Citations users also need to create author profiles to track citations. To sign up these accounts will help you to use the citation metrics effectively.

• Sign up for an ORCID Identifier
• Create a Google Scholar Citations Profile
• Watch Web of Science Training Videos
• Sharpen your skills: 30 day Impact Challenge These 30 exercises will introduce a range of different tools that you can use to help raise your research impact.

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This guide provides resources to help you measure the impact of your research. You'll find information about determining how often your work has been cited, downloaded, saved, and mentioned, how to keep up to date with who is citing your work, and staying abreast of new developments in research impact.

References:

Roemer, Robin Chin, and Rachel Borchardt. 2015. Meaningful metrics: a 21st century librarian's guide to bibliometrics, altmetrics, and research impact.Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.