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Etnografica, 2014 This paper explores ways in which the new preoccupation with “impact” – understood as “influence” beyond the academy – formalised in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) in UK universities reshapes the working conditions and practices in which contemporary anthropology and sociology are produced and, ultimately, what these disciplines are able ...
Knowles, Caroline, Burrows, Roger J
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ON IMPACT AND IMPACT FACTORS [PDF]
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2018 TheInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care(IJTAHC) is part of the so-called Cambridge Core, the “home of academic content” (1). As such, not surprisingly, it is judged by standard scientific standards such as theJournal’s Impact Factor (IF). Although on the rise, there is still significant room for improvement (2).
van der Wilt, G.J., van der Wilt, G.J.
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The Impact of Impact Investing
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 We evaluate the quantitative impact of ESG divestitures. For divestitures to have impact they must change the cost of capital of affected firms. We derive a simple expression for the change in the cost of capital as a function of three inputs: (1) the fraction of socially conscious capital, (2) the fraction of targeted firms in the economy and (3) the ...
Jules H. van Binsbergen +3 more
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Impact, not impact factor [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015 When the English philosopher Herbert Spencer introduced the phrase “survival of the fittest” in 1864, he could not have imagined that it would summarize the plight of young scientists years later (1). As competition for coveted faculty appointments and research funding continues to intensify, today’s researchers face relentless pressure to publish in ...
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Impacted Science: Impact Is Not Importance [PDF]
mBio, 2015 ABSTRACT The journal impact factor (IF) exerts a tremendous influence on the conduct of scientists. The obsession with IF has been compared to a medical condition, sometimes referred to as “IF mania” or “impactitis.” Here, we analyze the difference between impact and importance, using examples from the history of science to show that these ...
Ferric C. Fang, Arturo Casadevall
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Investment incentive reduced by climate damages can be restored by optimal policy
Nature Communications, 2021 Climate change is likely to damage economies worldwide. Here the authors show that this strongly reduces incentives to invest causing additional losses, whereas if investors include climate-change mitigation in their action portfolio they can avoid ...
Sven N. Willner +2 more
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A trend-preserving bias correction – the ISI-MIP approach [PDF]
Earth System Dynamics, 2013 Statistical bias correction is commonly applied within climate impact modelling to correct climate model data for systematic deviations of the simulated historical data from observations.
S. Hempel +4 more
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The Biochemist, 2010 The proposed introduction of impact into research funding assessments has been controversial. The current proposals for the new quality-related research (QR) framework contribute to a very tense environment which also includes looming cuts to higher education budgets.
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The Power of Advocacy: Advancing Vision for Everyone to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals
International Journal of Public Health, 2022 Advocacy is instrumental to achieving significant policy change for vision. Global advocacy efforts over the past decades enabled recognition of vision as a major public health, human rights, and development issue.
Eva Lazuka-Nicoulaud +4 more
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Personalisation schemes in social care: are they growing social and health inequalities?
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background The connection between choice, control and health is well established in the literature on the social determinants of health, which includes choice and control of vital health and social services.
Eleanor Malbon +2 more
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