ARC definition of Research Impact.
Research impact is the demonstrable contribution that research makes to the economy, society, culture, national security, public policy or services, health, the environment, or quality of life, beyond contributions to academia.
Australian Research Council - Research Impact Principles and Framework
Southern Cross University outcomes of the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) in 2015 attest to the outstanding quality of research undertaken at SCU.
| Database/source | Use for... |
|---|---|
| Web of Science |
all disciplines create a ResearcherID, find your h-index and who is citing you |
| Scopus |
all disciplines - including humanities find your h-index and who is citing you |
| Google Scholar |
all disciplines find who is citing you create a Google Scholar profile to find your h-index |
H-index is a measure of citation count, allowing a measure of a person’s research impact. For example, an h-index of 10 means that a person has 10 publications that have been cited at least 10 times.
Maximising the Exposure of Your Research: Search Engine Optimisation and why it matters
https://methodsblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/seo/ - Blog post covering writing keywords, titles and abstracts for search engine optimisation.
Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to choosing article titles
Scientists: ignore the rules on writing to get citations
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/content/scientists-ignore-rules-writing-get-citations
Article reporting a research project that found that papers with long abstracts are associated with higher citations.
Raise your research profile, University of Leeds webpage - https://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher-citations
Researcher Profile guide from the Utrecht University Library - http://libguides.library.uu.nl/researchimpact/profiles
The Research Whisper blog - https://theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com/
Make the data underlying the research openly available - article titled 'Data reuse and the open data citation advantage' https://peerj.com/articles/175/
Search Engine Optimization: For Authors - (http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileyblackwell/pdf/SEOforAuthorsLINKSrev.pdf)
Get Found – optimize your research articles for search engines (https://www.elsevier.com/connect/get-found-optimize-your-research-articles-for-search-engines)
SciDevNet - leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis on information about science and technology. http://www.scidev.net/index.cfm?originalUrl=global/communication/practical-guide/altmetrics-audience-connect-research.html
The Research Whisperer - https://theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/piirus-collaboration/
Altmetric Blog - http://www.altmetric.com/blog/tips-and-tricks-how-to-promote-your-research-successfully-online/?hootPostID=9fc46f1295b289c3f7bd59b1e008e91c
Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency, International Education Studies; Vol. 6, No. 11; 2013 http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1068698.pdf