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How to Track the Impact of Research Data
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alex-ball commented 9 years ago

(From David Kernohan)

Also worth noting that a research output may initially be ignored and only later be fully understood (e.g. Everett's Many Worlds theories in the late 50s). Metrics may be a poor way of assessing the long-term value to the field of research outputs.