- Academic & societal impactResearch impact can be defined as the significance of research within and outside of the academic world. Individual researchers as well as institutes are expected to show their research impact as part of various important processes. For managers, these can for example be SEP Evaluation and recruitment and promotion. For researchers, examples are applications for research funding and tenure track selection at intake. The University Library offers support for researchers on determining, increasing and maintaining research impact. What is academic impact? Academic impact can be defined as the significance of research for stakeholders within the academic world. To measure this significance, various quantitative indicators – often referred to as bibliometrics – are used. Below the most dominant quantitative indicators are explained, based on the definitions in the metrics-toolkit. For appropriate use, data sources and more please click on the ‘more info’ links. H-index: author-level metric calculated from the count
- Increasing Visibility & ImpactTo improve your academic and societal impact as a researcher, visibility of your work and a deliberate strategy with regard to publishing and grant applications are key. Below, you will find advice and links to relevant services and sources. Making your work more visible By making your research visible and accessible your it is more likely to be noticed and used, thus increasing your own reputation and chances of success in your academic work. A selection of tools and activities is presented below: 1. Get a unique author identifier Getting an ORCID iD helps to distinguish yourself and your work from that of other researchers. It is a widely used author identifier, recognized by publishers, funding organizations and research institutions. To learn more about ORCID iD please visit this page. 2. Share your research output Making your work (e.g. publications, posters, research data, code, video) openly available to others increases your visibility. Many public funders require that publications, as well as underlying
- OrcidAn ORCID iD is a 16-digit number that serves as a unique identifier for a researcher. The identifier can be linked to a researcher’s work, e.g. articles, data sets or posters. Once you have connected all your work to a unique ORCID iD, you can use this identifier to share your information with other systems. When you create an ORCID iD, you automatically have an ORCID account where you can add research contributions to your ORCID record. Create an ORCID iD Go to orcid.org/register Fill out the form and click on register (we recommend choosing ‘everyone’ under visibility settings. The following steps are based on that setting.) You are asked if you don’t already have an ORCID iD. If you recognize any of the suggested profiles as your own, select it and move on to step 5. If you need to register a new one (we don’t recommend creating more than one ORCID iD), click on none of these is mine, continue with my registration. Go to your mailbox and in the verification email that you have received from ORCID, click on
- SciValSciVal is a tool that enables you to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends. It offers access to research performance of more than 18,500 research institutions and their associated researchers from 231 nations worldwide. Starting out with SciVal Vist the SciVal homepage and click on ‘sign in’ in the op right corner Use your Elsevier login (created for Scopus or a manuscript submission to an Elsevier journal) or create a new account Explore the various tools for evaluation, to see how they can help you increase your impact as a researcher or as a manager in a research unit Any questions? Contact your faculty's Information Specialist