Citations are increasingly used as performance indicators in research policy and within the
research system. Usually, citations are assumed to reflect the impact of the research or its …

Can alternative metrics (altmetrics) data be used to measure societal impact? We wrote this
literature overview of empirical studies in order to find an answer to this question. The …

This article explores the current literature on 'research impact'in the social sciences and
humanities (SSH). By providing a comprehensive review of available literature, drawing on …

Higher education's focus is shifting to include societal impact alongside academic
excellence. While community-engaged scholarship has a long history, many initiatives focus …

As a means for measuring scholarly influence, citation analysis has several limitations and
shortcomings. We first review the main sources of citation data (Web of Science, Scopus …

Over the last decade, the idea of societal impact resulting from publicly funded research has
changed from being a relatively fringe concern related to high-technology entrepreneurship …

Broader impacts (BI) policies generate debate on the purpose of science, measuring the
impact of research, and is an important topic for the science policy community. However, BI …

We contribute to the debate on societal impact of SSH by developing a methodology that
allows a fine-grained observation of social groups that make use, directly or indirectly, of the …

When asked to demonstrate the impact of their research, researchers build up statements
that have a causal structure. However, as these statements have by nature a historical …

Opponents of the impact agenda often base their arguments on the claim that requiring
scholarly research to demonstrate broader societal impacts conflicts with academic freedom …