Research impact: Income for outcome

Morgan, Branwen

doi:10.1038/511s72a

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“…For proponents, "case studies are the only viable route to assessing impact; they offer the potential to present complex information and warn against more focus on quantitative metrics for impact case studies" (Wilsdon et al, 2015, p. 49). However, the use of case studies in evaluation is criticised because this approach can be used very selectively, if the universities report only those results with the best impact (Morgan, 2014). Furthermore, case studies are expensive and time-consuming to prepare (King's College London and Digital Science, 2015;Sheil, 2014).…”

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“…Governments all over the world are contemplating the question of how they should distribute public money to different areas (such as building and maintaining infrastructure, educating children and young people and protecting the natural world nationally and internationally) (Khazragui & Hudson, 2015). Distribution of money over a number of different areas always makes an issue, implicitly or explicitly, of the impact which can be achieved with the investment in any one them (Morgan, 2014). Questions arise, such as will an investment in protecting the natural world create a better environment for humans and increase species diversity?…”

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Measuring impact in research evaluations: a thorough discussion of methods for, effects of and problems with impact measurements

Bornmann

2016

High Educ

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Impact of science is one of the most important topics in scientometrics. Recent developments show a fundamental change in impact measurements from impact on science to impact on society. Since impact measurement is currently in a state of far reaching changes, this paper describes recent developments and facing problems in this area. For that the results of key publications (dealing with impact measurement) are discussed. The paper discusses how impact is generally measured within science and beyond (section 2), which effects impact measurements have on the science system (section 3), and which problems are associated with impact measurement (section 4). The problems associated with impact measurement constitute the focus of this paper: Science is marked by inequality, random chance, anomalies, the right to make mistakes, unpredictability, and a high significance of extreme events, which might distort impact measurements. Scientometricians as the producer of impact scores and decision makers as their consumers should be aware of these problems and should consider them in the generation and interpretation of bibliometric results, respectively.

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Measuring impact in research evaluations: a thorough discussion of methods for, effects of and problems with impact measurements

Bornmann

2016

High Educ

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“…Determining appropriate approaches to assessment of impact is a high priority in nations with limited research resources, such as Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, where governments are seeking to invest their scarce funds in projects with the greatest potential to benefit the public (McGilvray, 2014;Morgan, 2014). In general, these national efforts are combining publication-based impact metrics, researcher narratives on their planned pathways to public impact, and peer review.…”

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Distinguishing Impact From Productivity

Kearney

2015

Research in Nursing & Health

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“…In this policy perspective, we use an established impact evaluation framework (CSIRO, ) to identify the impacts of the RLE since its inception (Rodríguez et al., ). The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) impact framework assesses how research translates into real‐world benefits by distinguishing research inputs, activities, outputs, and medium‐term outcomes from long‐term impacts (CSIRO, ; Morgan, ).…”

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Impacts of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems on conservation policy and practice

Bland

Nicholson

Miller

et al. 2019

CONSERVATION LETTERS

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In 2014, the International Union for Conservation of Nature adopted the Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) criteria as the global standard for assessing risks to terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems. Five years on, it is timely to ask what impact this new initiative has had on ecosystem management and conservation. In this policy perspective, we use an impact evaluation framework to distinguish the outputs, outcomes, and impacts of the RLE since its inception. To date, 2,821 ecosystems in 100 countries have been assessed following the RLE protocol. Systematic assessments are complete or underway in 21 countries and two continental regions (the Americas and Europe). Countries with established ecosystem policy infrastructure have already used the RLE to inform legislation, land‐use planning, protected area management, monitoring and reporting, and ecosystem management. Impacts are still emerging due to varying pace and commitment to implementation across different countries. In the future, RLE indices based on systematic assessments have high potential to inform global biodiversity reporting. Expanding the coverage of RLE assessments, building capacity and political will to undertake them, and establishing stronger policy instruments to manage red‐listed ecosystems will be key to maximizing conservation impacts over the coming decades.

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Research impact: Income for outcome

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Measuring impact in research evaluations: a thorough discussion of methods for, effects of and problems with impact measurements

Measuring impact in research evaluations: a thorough discussion of methods for, effects of and problems with impact measurements

Distinguishing Impact From Productivity

Impacts of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems on conservation policy and practice

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