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View ArticleThe science that changed our lives
A tribute to Francis Narin and his contribution to understanding the linkage between science and innovation A discussion about the societal effects of science would not be complete without discussing...
View ArticleBuzzwords and Values: The prominence of “impact” in UK research policy and...
Impact assessment is now a prominent technology for research governance in the United Kingdom (UK). The current focus on the impact of research beyond academia – while clearly the buzzword of the...
View ArticleThe use of assessment reports to generate and measure societal impact of...
Since the 1990s, research evaluation has been extended to include measures of the (1) social, (2) cultural, (3) environmental and (4) economic returns from publicly funded research. The best known...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Measuring Social Impact Using Altmetrics
Abstract Altmetrics gives us novel ways of detecting the use and consumption of scholarly publishing beyond formal citation, and it is tempting to treat these measurements as proxies for social impact....
View ArticleThe impact of science on technology, as measured by patent citations
Much has already been written about the linkage between science and technology, and the validity of using (non-patent) citations in patents as a measurement of the bond between them. In this article,...
View ArticleWomen’s Not-for-Profit Organizations’ Research Output – Characterizations and...
In this article we investigate the main characteristics of research output sponsored by, or associated with, not-for-profit organizations which focus on women’s issues. Women’s foundations,...
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In a recent issue of Research Trends, we featured a piece by Anita de Waard and Maryann Martone on FORCE11, an international, multidisciplinary group trying to shape the future of Scholarly...
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