An introduction to achieving policy impact for early career researchers
Authors : Megan C Evans, Christopher Cvitanovic Scientists are increasingly required to demonstrate the real world tangible impacts arising from their research....
Étiquette : research impact
Google Scholar as a data source for research assessment
Authors : Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, Enrique Orduna-Malea, Alberto Martín-Martín The launch of Google Scholar (GS) marked the beginning of a revolution in the ...
Collaboration Diversity and Scientific Impact
Authors : Yuxiao Dong, Hao Ma, Jie Tang, Kuansan Wang The shift from individual effort to collaborative output has benefited science, with scientific work pursu...
Analysing researchers’ outreach efforts and the association with publication metrics: A case study of Kudos
Authors : Mojisola Erdt, Htet Htet Aung, Ashley Sara Aw, Charlie Rapple, Yin-Leng Theng With the growth of scholarly collaboration networks and social communica...
Citation Count Analysis for Papers with Preprints
Authors : Sergey Feldman, Kyle Lo, Waleed Ammar We explore the degree to which papers prepublished on arXiv garner more citations, in an attempt to paint a shar...
Measuring Scientific Broadness
Authors : Tom Price, Sabine Hossenfelder Who has not read letters of recommendations that comment on a student’s `broadness’ and wondered what to ma...
The Journal Impact Factor: A brief history, critique, and discussion of adverse effects
Authors : Vincent Lariviere, Cassidy R. Sugimoto The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is, by far, the most discussed bibliometric indicator. Since its introduction o...