Session Description:
Faculty and institutions are increasingly called upon to present succinct, quantified descriptions of their research impact to administrators, funders, legislators, and academics. This project explores how researchers feel about these research impact measures across disciplines and institutions. Presenters will discuss findings from a multi-institutional faculty survey (n=1202), including what faculty actually know about journal and article-level impact metrics, what faculty think about these metrics, and how they use statistical measures to demonstrate the importance of their scholarship, as well as possible implications for librarians supporting these faculty members.
