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What would you like to do?

make a CHANGE
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The Science Shops of the University of Groningen conduct short and powerful research to answer questions with social impact. Groningen students are conducting the research in collaboration with the employees of the Science Shops.
Institution
PLAN your research impact
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Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Mark Reed gives you practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference. 
Book
NWO
The Dutch Research Council is the most important science funding bodies in the Netherlands and realises quality and innovation in science, with a focus on impact.
Funds
As researchers like you are increasingly expected to demonstrate the wider societal impact of their research, rather than solely being rewarded for academic publication, learn how to plan for and demonstrate your impact.
Podcast
Learn to lead of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. Maximize the impact of your research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible. 
Webinars
Tools by Research Impact Canada.
Tools
MEASURE your research impact
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Demonstrate your journal, article, author and institutional influence in a comprehensive, trustworthy and transparent way.
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Visualize your organization’s research performance, benchmark it against peers, and identify emerging research trends with SciVal. Their modular solution offers insights to enrich local knowledge, support research strategy, evaluation, and funding success.
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Track online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference
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10 principles to guide research evaluation
with 25 translations, a video and a blog.

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Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Mark Reed gives you practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference. 
Book
Learn facts about how data underlying the metrics in Scopus (and SciVal) are used, how the metrics are calculated and displayed, and how variables besides performance can affect the metrics.
Book
State of the art of quantitative methods and models to understand and assess academic impact.
Book
A guide to interpretation and good practice when using metrics.
Article

In-depth review of the literature on citation impact indicators is presented, including bibliographic databases, normalization, counting methods, and journal indicators.

Article
Guest posts on academic metrics and analytics. Read about new developments in publishing, interpret the significance of relevant research in a balanced way (or occasionally in a provocative way), discover areas that need more input by identifying gaps in knowledge.
Blog
TRACK your research impact
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Chances are, you want to track your impact in the context of the SEP. Read the official guidelines to prepare yourself.
Official Document
Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Mark Reed gives you practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference. 
Book
Visualize your organization’s research performance, benchmark it against peers, and identify emerging research trends with SciVal. Their modular solution offers insights to enrich local knowledge, support research strategy, evaluation, and funding success.
Tool
Track online engagement to reveal how and where your research is making a difference
Tool

Track research and evidence impact by using technology and algorithms to collect outcomes and outputs of research from the web, external data sources and the researchers themselves.

Tool
Learn to engage with and demonstrate the impact of research in your community and society.
Webinars
As researchers like you are increasingly expected to demonstrate the wider societal impact of their research, rather than solely being rewarded for academic publication, learn how to plan for and demonstrate your impact.
Podcast
Tools by Research Impact Canada.
Tools
BROADCAST your research
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People are interested in your research... As long as you find your story. Learn how to tell your story on the platform of your choice: on social media, in a science magazine, in a podcast, infographic, or video.
Training
Write stories to share your research with a broad, global audience and grow your influence with science communication resources and tools.
Platform
Early-career researchers at the University of Groningen showcase their state-of-the-art research and share their experiences as up-and-coming scientists.
Platform

Pint of Science - Netherlands

Thousands of researchers across hundreds of cities share and discuss their findings with people in their local pub, bar, cafe or public space.

Festival
3 minutes to present your PhD thesis. Winners of the Groningen challenge will compete for a chance to win at the international finals.
Competition
Learn to lead of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. Maximize the impact of your research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible. 
Webinars
Tools by Research Impact Canada.
Tools
improve your SCIENCE COMMUNICATION skills
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Find information about science communication in general terms, SciComm initiatives, and an overview of upcoming events in- and around Groningen about digestible and engaging content-creation!
Website
People are interested in your research... As long as you find your story. Learn how to tell your story on the platform of your choice: on social media, in a science magazine, in a podcast, infographic, or video.
Training
Learn to lead of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. Maximize the impact of your research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible. 
Webinars
Tools by Research Impact Canada.
Tools
see EXAMPLES of impact
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Listen to experts from around the globe who use research to create real impact. Discover the important topics in research at the moment and how that research is brought to life.

Podcast
Meet nine researchers from the University of Bath whose expertise spans the environment, the digital age, and preventable diseases, looking for answers to fundamental questions.
Podcast

From academic research to governement partners, one policy issue at a time. This podcast focuses on social topics that have tangible effects on the public in their everyday lives.

Podcast
Researchers from Ghent University’s Department of Public Health and Primary Care (GE39) apply their expertise towards the promotion of a better health for all.
Podcast
learn about the NEW DIRECTIONS in the field of research impact
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Date
Stay up-to-date with new developments in the field of research intelligence.
Blog
Why altmetrics are the future of research filters.
Article
Oct 2010
Set of recommendations to address the need to improve the ways in which the output of scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties. Indicate your support by adding your name to this Declaration.
Official Document
May 2013
10 principles to guide research evaluation
with 25 translations, a video and a blog.
Guide, Videos and Blog
Apr 2015
Explore new directions in knowledge exchange, impact policy, governance, and practice, while involving key stakeholder groups.
Podcast
2015
Read european advice on how to advance a next-generation metrics in the context of Open Science, following policy lines of the Open Science Agenda: Fostering Open Science, Removing barriers to Open Science, Developing research infrastructures and Embed Open Science in society.
Report
2017
Proposal of a system towards a new balance in the recognition and rewards of academics.
Position paper
Nov 2019
Read the shared direction for changes in assessment practices for research, with the overarching goal to maximise the quality and impact of research. The Agreement includes the principles, commitments and timeframe for reforms and lays out the principles for a Coalition of organisations willing to work together in implementing the changes.
Official Document
Jul 2022
Derived from the agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (RRA), the coalition has gathered 768 signatories as of July 2024, and counting.
Platform
Dec 2022
Openness of information about the conduct and communication of research must be the new norm. Commit to taking a lead in transforming the way research information is used and produced.
Official Document
Apr 2024
HIRE based on responsible research assessment
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UG's approved principles to promote the responsible assessment of research. Evaluation practices to avoid and positive alternatives to adopt in research assessment, and in the recruitment, recognition and reward of researchers.
Policy
Search the collection to apply criteria and standards for hiring, review, promotion, and tenure from academic institutions
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Strategies for including more perspectives and reducing biases in the evaluation processes for hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding decisions.
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A guide to interpretation and good practice when using metrics.
Article
A guide to interpretation and good practice when using metrics.
Article
be FOUND online
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The Pure system uses an automated process to pull publications from large scholarly databases such as Scopus and Web of Science.
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Unique digital identifier that helps funders, publishers, research administration and scholarly database providers to correctly and uniquely associate research output with a particular researcher.
Platform

Stay connected to the world of science.

Social Media Platform
Connect to professionals both within and outside of academia.
Social Media Platform
CONNECT to other impact-conscious parties
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Bridge between research information specialists, library staff, programmers, and academic staff on the one side and policy makers, strategy advisors and management on the other side.
Community
Write stories to share your research with a broad, global audience and grow your influence with science communication resources and tools.
Platform
Hub for researchers, administrative staff, librarians, students, think tanks, government, and anyone else interested in maximising the impact of academic work. Encourages debate, shares best practice and keeps the impact community up to date with news, events and the latest research.
Blog
Last modified:11 September 2024 11.47 a.m.