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Research Impact Matters: Resources for Impact

A Resource Guide for researchers on matters pertaining to the impact of research and why research impact matters

Resources for Elevating and Evaluating Impact of Research

 Research impact evaluation focuses not just on data collection but on understanding how knowledge translates into real-world change. By synthesizing various assessment strategies, stakeholders can effectively gauge the influence of research findings on policy, practice, and community outcomes.

Integrating qualitative insights with quantitative metrics enriches the evaluation process. This fusion allows for a more comprehensive picture of how knowledge influences decision-making and innovation. Emphasizing the importance of measuring knowledge influence will enhance the overall understanding of research impact, guiding future projects toward maximizing their societal benefits.

Evaluating research impact involves assessing the influence and benefits of research beyond the academic sphere. This can be done using various methods, including citation analysis, altmetrics, and stakeholder engagement. The goal is to understand how research contributes to real-world changes and benefits. 

A variety of resources to help with describing, assessing, measuring and evaluating the impact of research as well as networking are presented.

Resources for Impact

AMRC - The Association of Medical Research Charities

Research impact resource hub - https://www.amrc.org.uk/listing/category/research-impact-resource-hub?Take=20

Collection of resources developed by AMRC charities to help explore the different ways to share the impact of the research that is funded.

ARMA -  Association of Research Managers and Administrators (UK)https://arma.ac.uk/

Professional association for research management in the UK. Represents research leaders, managers and administrators, offering professional development and opportunities to build networks, knowledge and skills. 

 INORMShttps://inorms.net/

International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) brings together research management societies and associations from across the globe. Its purpose is to enable interactions, share good practice, and coordinate activities between the member societies.

Elrhahttps://www.elrha.org/

A global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation.

ENLIGHT - European University Alliance - https://impact.enlight-eu.org/

Repository of international good practices on research impact assessment and measurement.

EPPI Centre - Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre - https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/

The mission is to promote and support collaborative, rigorous evidence for a fairer world, by focusing on: Evidence synthesis methods: Participation: Research impact: Capacity building.

EQUATOR Networkhttps://www.equator-network.org/

The EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines.

F1000 https://www.f1000.com/

F1000 is an open research publisher and services provider that enables researchers, funders, research institutions, societies, and associations to accelerate the reach of knowledge.

More Resources

Impacthttps://impact.pub/

Impact is a series of high-quality, open access and free to access science reports designed to enable the dissemination of research impact to key stakeholders. The publication features content from the world’s leading research agencies, policy groups, universities and research projects. 

Pathways to Research Impact Course - https://svri.thinkific.com/courses/research-for-impact

This course provides resources to support researchers in producing high-impact evidence that can be translated into practice. The main purpose of this course is to equip researchers in LMICs to produce evidence that influences policy and practice.

 

 

Research Excellence Framework (UK Research and Innovation) - https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/research-england/research-excellence/ref-impact/

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the UK’s system for assessing the excellence of research in UK higher education providers (HEPs)

Research Impact Academyhttps://researchimpactacademy.com/

Helps researchers create, communicate and evaluate research impact.

Research Impact Canadahttps://researchimpact.ca/

Maximizing impact of research for communities.

Research Whispererhttps://researchwhisperer.org/

The Research Whisperer is dedicated to the topic of doing research in academia. 

Sage Epigeum - Research Impact - https://learningresources.sagepub.com/epigeum/research/research-impact-creating-meaning-and-value

The Research Impact: Creating Meaning and Value programme teaches the fundamentals of research impact – what it is and how it can be embedded into every step of the research journey – to help support universities in embedding a broader culture of research impact. 

SFDORAhttps://sfdora.org/

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) developed in 2012 during the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Francisco recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated. The Declaration has become a worldwide initiative covering all scholarly disciplines and all key stakeholders including funders, publishers, professional societies, institutions, and researchers. DORA’s mission is to advance practical and robust approaches to research assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines. The website hosts very useful resources.