Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has extended its partnership with Kudos - an online platform that helps increase the impact of published articles - to roll out the value-add service for Emerald authors. The move follows a successful trial period in 2014, the results of which were very encouraging with Emerald authors showing the highest level of activity across the Kudos trial, illustrating the interest of Emerald authors in broadening the reach and impact of their research.
Academics are increasingly under pressure to illustrate the value of their work to wider society and to extend their impact and visibility; the Kudos platform provides a valuable set of resources towards achieving this goal. One indication of the value of the pilot to Emerald authors was that usage of full-text articles for those authors trebled when using the Kudos tools, compared to articles whose authors did not use the service.
Emerald's continued relationship with Kudos confirms its commitment to supporting the author community and driving real world research impact.
