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How to Track the Impact of Research Data
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Distinguish between measuring and demonstrating impact #11

Closed alex-ball closed 9 years ago

alex-ball commented 9 years ago

(From Linda Naughton)

"For this reason, researchers and organisations have been exploring ways of measuring impact that go beyond counting citations between traditional journal papers." (lines 154-156)

They might be more interested in demonstrating impact than measuring it. The reason we have impact case studies is that it is notoriously difficult to 'measure'.