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Research impact: a narrative review
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Greenhalgh T
; Raftery J
; Hanney S
; Glover M
BMC Med
2016[May]; 14
(ä): 78
PMID27211576
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Impact occurs when research generates benefits (health, economic, cultural) in
addition to building the academic knowledge base. Its mechanisms are complex and
reflect the multiple ways in which knowledge is generated and utilised. Much
progress has been made in measuring both the outcomes of research and the
processes and activities through which these are achieved, though the measurement
of impact is not without its critics. We review the strengths and limitations of
six established approaches (Payback, Research Impact Framework, Canadian Academy
of Health Sciences, monetisation, societal impact assessment, UK Research
Excellence Framework) plus recently developed and largely untested ones
(including metrics and electronic databases). We conclude that (1) different
approaches to impact assessment are appropriate in different circumstances; (2)
the most robust and sophisticated approaches are labour-intensive and not always
feasible or affordable; (3) whilst most metrics tend to capture direct and
proximate impacts, more indirect and diffuse elements of the research-impact link
can and should be measured; and (4) research on research impact is a rapidly
developing field with new methodologies on the horizon.
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