Translating into Society

The connection between research and practice is important in universities of applied sciences research. Discuss with your partners in practice how you can best translate the research into practice.

Altmetrics & impact factor

However, the traditional metrics sometimes miss the mark. Like clubs of friends who give each other points by quoting each other or, as a researcher, publishing every slight change in an article as a new article to increase the publication score. There are also researches that are not published because they are not spectacular enough.

Particularly in the case of open access journals, but also in traditional journals, alternative forms of impact determination, also known as "altmetrics", are increasingly being considered when determining the impact of articles. Think for example of the number of downloads of an article, the number of views and the number of mentions on social media like blogs, Twitter, Facebook or in tools like Mendeley. This also partly highlights the social impact of research, an important aspect of practice-oriented research.

Example 1 and example 2 of alternative metrics.

As a rule, however, these altmetrics are displayed per article. Comparing several articles would give an impression of the alternative impact of a journal. And there is also something to be said for almetrics.

Researcher Profiles

Persistent identifier for a researcher: ORCID

ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID and is intended to distinguish individual authors, and link them to their academic work, including both scientific articles or books and other output, such as datasets, patents and media presence. It is a unique persistent identifier of a person similar to DOI for digital objects (e.g. articles), ISSN for journals or ISBN for books. ORCID is a non-profit and community-driven organization. This internationally recognized identifier is interoperable (readable by humans and machines) and therefore fits in the context of Open Science. In addition, ORCID is an academic profile where you can showcase the stages of your career.

Other researcher’s profiles

 

Publinova

Publinova, the platform for applied research, was launched by SURF in October 2023. The platform has several goals. It is intended to increase the visibility of practice-oriented research. It offers one place where expertise and research results from Dutch universities of applied sciences can be showcased. As a result, Publinova will improve the discoverability of knowledge products and expertise, not only for other research institutions but also for partners in the field and the broader public. 

Publinova consists of four parts: parties, products, projects, and people. Parties are intended to present the main institutions and their sub-entities such as centers of expertise and research groups. Under 'products', Publinova users will be able to find knowledge products and datasets. The 'projects' section will provide information about current and completed projects, the institutions and researchers involved, and of course the results. In 'people', researchers will have the opportunity to share their researcher’s profiles, including careers, publications, participation in projects, and specific expertise.