Project 3: Helping researchers maximise societal impact

Project Scope

This project contains the following interlinked areas of research:

First, identifying the key areas of support (from both the library and publisher perspective) for facilitating impact generation. Second, providing an overview of the existing tools and resources currently used by researchers. Third, developing a set of best practices on the most effective ways that researchers can optimize – at all stages of the research cycle – the dissemination, impact, and promotion of their work and to advise them in relation to the grand societal challenges indicating where impact is most relevant. This also includes advising on the most effective distribution channels per GSC theme. And further, addressing whether working in a multidisciplinary setting can increase impact. 

The above also includes addressing the following questions on the role that datasets (underlining scholarly outputs) play in generating impact: Is there more impact in case of FAIR data? Does sharing datasets lead to more research outputs?

Timeline: Late 2020

Project Management: Mithu Lucraft