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Assessment, evaluations, and definitions of research impact: A review

2013; Oxford University Press; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/reseval/rvt021

1471-5449

Teresa Penfield, Matthew Baker, Rosa Scoble, M. C. Wykes,

Community Development and Social Impact

This article aims to explore what is understood by the term 'research impact' and to provide a comprehensive assimilation of available literature and information, drawing on global experiences to understand the potential for methods and frameworks of impact assessment being implemented for UK impact assessment. We take a more focused look at the impact component of the UK Research Excellence Framework taking place in 2014 and some of the challenges to evaluating impact and the role that systems might play in the future for capturing the links between research and impact and the requirements we have for these systems.