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How Could Google Scholar (and the Citation System) Be Improved?

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 21, 2019

To end his trilogy of articles on the research metric system (and Google Scholar in particular), Louis Coiffait explores what improvements could be made.

Posted in Featured, Impact, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Google, Google Scholar, Metrics, Research, scholar | Leave a comment

How Google Scholar Judges Research

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 19, 2019

Louis Coiffait's third article in his series on impact looks at the system of citation metrics, in particular Google Scholar.

Posted in Featured, Impact, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Citations, Google, Google Scholar, Research, scholar | Leave a comment

At a Glance: The UK’s Twin-track Approach to Measuring Impact

By Louis Coiffait | Published: March 18, 2019

In his second article in a series on impact, Louis Coiffait looks at how REF and KEF treat impact in the UK.

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, Public Policy, Research, Science & Social Science | Also tagged kef, REF, Research | Leave a comment

Leadership and the UK General Election 2017

By Robert Dingwall | Published: June 2, 2017

For social scientists, there must be a concern that a generation’s worth of accumulated empirical evidence on effective leadership has made so little impact on the candidates in the upcoming General Election in the United Kingdom.

Posted in Impact, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Also tagged British politics, leadership, political parties, UK General Election | Leave a comment

Let’s Play Fantasy Football for Big Thinkers

By Mark Beeson | Published: February 23, 2015

If you were to make up a fantasy football team for, say an intellectual Premier League, which thinks from Socrates forward might be among your picks?

Posted in Impact, Recognition | Also tagged The Conversation | Leave a comment

Quantophrenia is Back in Town

By Robert Dingwall | Published: May 27, 2014

Many social scientists find themselves members of a cult of quantification, argues Robert Dingwall, in love with numbers for their own sake even when those numbers produce no useful knowledge.

Posted in News, Public Policy, Research, Teaching | Also tagged ESRC, Policy, Research, Social Research, Social Science Research, Statistics | 3 Responses

Tamiflu and the Ethics of the British Medical Journal

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 15, 2014

No one expected Tamiflu to be a wonder drug, but indications are that it's moderately useful in fighting a serious public health threat. But that message was lost last week in an ill-starred rush to beat up on 'wicked' Big Pharma, argues Robert Dingwall.

Posted in Featured, Impact, News, Public Policy, Research Ethics, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Ethics, pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Policy, Sociology of health | 5 Responses

The Ethics of Impact

By Robert Dingwall | Published: October 15, 2013

Back in the summer, John Holmwood, the current BSA President, sent me an email about impact and research ethics. Various contingencies have got in the way of discussing his concerns – but they are important. John’s argument, in essence, is that the implications of the UK impact agenda for research ethics have been overlooked, and […]

Posted in Impact, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Research, Research Ethics | Also tagged Ethics, Policy, Research, Research Funding, Social Research, Social Science, Social Science Research | Leave a comment

Lessons from civil society

By LSE Impact | Published: August 24, 2013

As academics think about impact, they can draw on some of the lessons and strategic approaches used by civil society and campaigning groups.

Posted in International Debate | Also tagged Andy Martin, Civil Society, consultancy, LSE, Theory of Change | Leave a comment

Why Social Science Education is as Important as STEM…

By Robert Dingwall | Published: July 26, 2013

A recent Ipsos-Mori survey reveals the crucial role that social science has to play in modern democracy, a role which is frequently sabotaged.

Social Science Must Change to Realise Its Full Value

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: July 8, 2013

Social scientists have nothing to fear from the impact agenda, but must be more willing to talk to “strangers” such as the government in order to realise their full value - a talk by Prof. John Brewer

Posted in International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Also tagged Academy of Social Sciences, John Brewer, Policy Intervention, Public Engagement, Social Science | Leave a comment

Please – Not a Heroic Impact Narrative

By Pat Thompson | Published: April 15, 2013

Recently I’ve seen a lot of hero/heroine narratives. They now seem to be popping up in research impact plans and claims about impact.

Posted in Impact, International Debate, News, Research Ethics | Also tagged Evidence-Based Policy, Heroic narrative, Pat THompson, Policy, Research, Social Science, Welfare | Leave a comment

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