What is societal impact of research and how can it be assessed? a literature survey

By Lutz Bornmann. J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2013

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Subfields: Education, Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Do altmetrics point to the broader impact of research? An overview of benefits and disadvantages of altmetrics (2014, methodology): ““Altmetrics … is a term to describe web-based metrics for the impact of scholarly material, with an emphasis on social media outlets as sources of data” (Shema, Bar-Ilan, & Thelwall, 2014).”
Growth rates of modern science: A bibliometric analysis based on the number of publications and cited references (2014, background): “Furthermore, it is not clear whether an “increase in numbers” is directly related to an “increase of actionable knowledge,” for example, for reducing needs, extending our knowledge about nature in some lasting way, or some other “higher purposes” (Bornmann, 2012, 2013).”
Interdisciplinarity revisited: evidence for research impact and dynamism (2019, background): “Although the societal impacts of research (see e.g., Bornmann, 2013) were beyond the scope of the present work, it is hoped that this study’s findings can be extended to incorporate such societal aspects.”
Do Altmetrics Work? Twitter and Ten Other Social Web Services (2013, background): “In particular, the societal impact of research may not be well addressed by citations and a range of alternative methods have been developed to assess this [9].”
From productive interactions to impact pathways: Understanding the key dimensions in developing SSH research societal impact (2019, background): “Considering that the absence of societal impact of research is not necessarily a sign of uselessness of research in impact assessment, we address the importance of paying attention also to the conditions supporting impact processes (cf. Godin and Doré 2005; Bornmann 2013).”
Rethinking the Commercialization of Public Science: From Entrepreneurial Outcomes to Societal Impacts (2018, background): “Also the consequences of science commercialization have come more into focus alongside an increased emphasis on the societal impact of scientific research (Bornmann, 2013).”
Citations, Citation Indicators, and Research Quality: An Overview of Basic Concepts and Theories (2019, background): “There seems to be a widespread assumption that this issue cannot be adequately assessed through standard citation indicators, and in recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to developing methodologies for assessing and measuring societal relevance and impact (Bornmann, 2012, 2013).”
Articulating the “How,” the “For What,” the “For Whom,” and the “With Whom” in Concert: A Call to Broaden the Benchmarks of our Scholarship (2018, background): “…stress the for what reflects a similar push in fields from information technology to medicine to consider the social impact of research (e.g., Bornmann, 2013; Smith, 2001): educational research that exclusively focuses on extending theory and methods can fall into the trap of having little…”