What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?

What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?

The expectation that scientific research should provide answers to societal issues and support institutional decision-making is increasing, but still there are no systematic methods of identifying and measuring the wider societal impacts of research. In this article, various views on the meaning of...

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Main Authors: Kim Holmberg, Sarah Bowman, Timothy Bowman, Fereshteh Didegah, Terttu Kortelainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Levy Library Press 2019-12-01
Series:The Journal of Altmetrics
Subjects:
altmetrics
impact
research
societal impact
society
research assessment
Online Access:https://www.journalofaltmetrics.org/articles/21
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spelling doaj-ef8720dcfe6f447086b370df490646fe2020-11-25T02:38:56ZengLevy Library PressThe Journal of Altmetrics2577-56852019-12-012110.29024/joa.2111What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?Kim Holmberg0Sarah Bowman1Timothy Bowman2Fereshteh Didegah3Terttu Kortelainen4University of TurkuBaldwin Public LibraryWayne State UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of OuluThe expectation that scientific research should provide answers to societal issues and support institutional decision-making is increasing, but still there are no systematic methods of identifying and measuring the wider societal impacts of research. In this article, various views on the meaning of impact, the different types of impact or influence that research can have on the society, and the potential of altmetrics to capture and measure this societal impact will be discussed.https://www.journalofaltmetrics.org/articles/21altmetricsimpactresearchsocietal impactsocietyresearch assessment
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society
research assessment
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title_short What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?
title_full What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?
title_fullStr What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?
title_full_unstemmed What Is Societal Impact and Where Do Altmetrics Fit into the Equation?
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series The Journal of Altmetrics
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publishDate 2019-12-01
description The expectation that scientific research should provide answers to societal issues and support institutional decision-making is increasing, but still there are no systematic methods of identifying and measuring the wider societal impacts of research. In this article, various views on the meaning of impact, the different types of impact or influence that research can have on the society, and the potential of altmetrics to capture and measure this societal impact will be discussed.
topic altmetrics
impact
research
societal impact
society
research assessment
url https://www.journalofaltmetrics.org/articles/21
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