by crauter | Nov 6, 2013 | Publishing, Research Impact
The term “altmetrics” was coined in 2010 by Jason Priem, co-founder of ImpactStory and refers to a range of measures of research impact that go beyond citations. In a recent article in Nature, Priem lays out a bold vision of the future: “The article...
by crauter | Nov 6, 2013 | Publishing, REF, Research Impact
According to a paper uploaded to arXiv in April 2013, papers now need about twice as many citations to rank in the top 5% or 1% papers as they did 40 years ago. Since the late 1980s, a decreasing proportion of top cited papers have been published in elite journals....
by crauter | Jul 12, 2013 | Library Resources for Research, Research Impact
Searching “Swansea University” on Google ScholarProfiles brings up a good number of our researchers here at Swansea University. But where are the others? Why not get your Scholar Profile? It couldn’t be easier. Create a public profile listing your...
by crauter | Apr 18, 2013 | Events and training, Research Impact
Thanks to all of you who came along to today’s session in which we looked at some tools you can use to raise your research profile. We looked at Google Scholar, Researcher Identity, Pivot Profiles (funding database), ResearchGate, Academia.edu and using social...
by crauter | Mar 1, 2011 | Research Impact, Research News
The THE have just reported that the percentage of points given to research impact in the REF will be reduced from 25% to 20%. Read the full story on the THE website or visit the HEFCE website for the report Decisions on assessing research impact
by crauter | Nov 2, 2010 | Research Impact
Research Institute for Arts and Humanities College of Arts and Humanities Swansea University PUBLIC LECTURE ‘Making Impact in the Humanities: Linguistic Research to Improve Quality of Life in Older People’ Professor Alison Wray (Cardiff University) Thursday 25...
