Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has announced a new partnership with Dr Julie Bayley - incoming Director of Research Impact Development (University of Lincoln), champion of the ARMA Impact Special Interest Group and one of the most influential voices in research impact.
Alongside national assessment exercises (e.g. Research Excellence Framework 2014, 2021), there is growing recognition that traditional metrics cannot fully demonstrate the value of academic research. For example, seven of the UK's research councils recently signed up to DORA (the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment), heralding a call to shift from blunt journal impact factors towards more comprehensive indicators of influence. This move has added further heat to an already lively debate on the importance of academic research delivering real impact, extending beyond citations and other established scholarly metrics.
There is a genuine need to help researchers prove their work is making a meaningful difference at a time when funding is increasingly dependent on demonstrating influence on practice, policy and society. Julie and Emerald will work together to build tools and training, helping the academic community to navigate these challenges by becoming more 'impact literate'. This collaboration will support professional development, institutional strategy and individual knowledge and skills.
As Emerald's role is to help researchers tell the story of their research in a meaningful way, and to give them the right tools to bring their research to life, the publisher will be launching a range of tools such as an Impact Literacy Workbook and Impact Institutional Health Guide. This will be supported by professional development and mentoring activities led by Julie Bayley, alongside disrupting and expand discussions about impact and how it can be best achieved.
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