How should we measure research impact in paediatric cardiology?

A review of: Antelman, Kristin. “Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?” College & Research Libraries 65.5 (Sep. 2004): 372-82. Objective – To ascertain whether open access articles have a greater research impact than articles not freely available, as measured by citations in the ISI Web of Science database. Design – Analysis of mean citation rates of a sample population of journal articles across four disciplines. Setting – Journal literature across the disciplines of philosophy, political science, mathematics, and electrical and electronic engineering. Subjects – A sample of 2,017 articles across the four disciplines published between 2001 and 2002 (for political science, mathematics, and electrical and electronic engineering) and between 1999 and 2000 (for philosophy). Methods – A systematic presample of articles for each of the disciplines was taken to calculate the necessary sample sizes. Based on this calculation, articles were sourced from ten leading journals in each discipline. The leading journals in political science, mathematics, and electrical and electronic engineering were defined by ISI’s Journal Citation Reports for 2002. The ten leading philosophy journals were selected using a combination of other methods. Once the sample population had been identified, each article title and the number of citations to each article (in the ISI Web of Science database) were recorded. Then the article title was searched in Google and if any freely available full text version was found, the article was classified as open access. The mean citation rate for open access and non-open access articles in each discipline was identified, and the percentage difference between the means was calculated. Main results – The four disciplines represented a range of open access uptake: 17% of articles in philosophy were open access, 29% in political science, 37% in electrical and electronic engineering, and 69% in mathematics. There was a significant difference in the mean citation rates for open access articles and non-open access articles in all four disciplines. The percentage difference in means was 45% in philosophy, 51% in electrical and electronic engineering, 86% in political science, and 91% in mathematics. Mathematics had the highest rate of open access availability of articles, but political science had the greatest difference in mean citation rates, suggesting there are other, discipline-specific factors apart from rate of open access uptake affecting research impact. Conclusion – The finding that, across these four disciplines, open access articles have a greater research impact than non-open access articles, is only one aspect of the complex changes that are presently taking place in scholarly publishing and communication. However, it is useful information for librarians formulating strategies for building institutional repositories, or exploring open access publishing with patrons or publishers.

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Assessing research impact on poverty: the importance of farmers' perspectives

Agricultural Systems ◽

10.1016/s0308-521x(01)00068-3 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 72 (1) ◽

pp. 73-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

P Kristjanson ◽

F Place ◽

S Franzel ◽

P.K Thornton

Keyword(s):

Research Impact

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395 Improving paediatric cardiology transition to adult cardiology services in a DGH, level 3 CHD centre

10.1136/bmjpo-2021-rcpch.217 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Felicity Cooksey ◽

Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia ◽

Rebecca Lambert ◽

Lucy Duncombe ◽

Gangadhara Bharmappanavara

Keyword(s):

Paediatric Cardiology ◽

Level 3

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Covid-19 FAQ’s in Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology – AEPC position paper.

Cardiology in the Young ◽

10.1017/s1047951120005028 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Skaiste Sendzikaite ◽

Ruth Heying ◽

Ornella Milanesi ◽

Katarina Hanseus ◽

Ina Michel-Behnke

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Decision Making ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Scientific Data ◽

Position Paper ◽

Paediatric Cardiology ◽

European Paediatric ◽

Care Systems ◽

The Times ◽

Almost All

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge influence in almost all areas of life, affecting societies, economics and health care systems worldwide. The paediatric cardiology community is no exception. As the challenging battle with Covid-19 continues, professionals from the Association for the European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) receive many questions regarding Covid-19 in a Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology setting. The aim of this paper is to present the AEPC position on frequently asked questions based on the most recent scientific data, as well as to frame a discussion on how to take care of our patients during this unprecedented crisis. As the times are changing quickly and information regarding Covid-19 is very dynamic, continuous collection of evidence will help guide constructive decision-making.

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Epistemic corruption and the research impact agenda

Theory and Research in Education ◽

10.1177/14778785211029516 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 148-167

Author(s):

Ian James Kidd ◽

Jennifer Chubb ◽

Joshua Forstenzer

Keyword(s):

Research Impact ◽

Interview Data ◽

Empirical Methods ◽

Epistemic Practice ◽

Academic Researchers ◽

Critical Scrutiny ◽

The Impact

Contemporary epistemologists of education have raised concerns about the distorting effects of some of the processes and structures of contemporary academia on the epistemic practice and character of academic researchers. Such concerns have been articulated using the concept of epistemic corruption. In this article, we lend credibility to these theoretically motivated concerns using the example of the research impact agenda during the period 2012–2014. Interview data from UK and Australian academics confirm that the impact agenda system, at its inception, facilitated the development and exercise of epistemic vices. As well as vindicating theoretically motivated claims about epistemic corruption, inclusion of empirical methods and material can help us put the concept to work in ongoing critical scrutiny of evolving forms of the research impact agenda.

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The Language of Sustainable Tourism as a Proxy Indicator of Quality

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13010025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Rene Brauer ◽

Mirek Dymitrow

Keyword(s):

Research Evaluation ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Research Impact ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Tourism Research ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Narrative Constructions ◽

Assessment Format ◽

The Impact ◽

Global Travel

Sustainable tourism (ST) has recently become the mainstream of the tourism industry and, accordingly, has influenced contemporary tourism research. However, ST is not just theories about indications and contraindications of global travel, but also a specific language that needs mastering to take sustainability work forward. In other words, what research receives recognition depends on the proficiency in how the articulation in research proposals and within assessment under the heading of “research impact”. The aim of this paper is to investigate how tourism research gains recognition within research evaluation, by investigating the national research appraisal in the United Kingdom (Research Excellence Framework). By using content analysis, we disentangle the rhetorical choices and narrative constructions within researchers’ impact claims. Our findings suggest that researchers adopt a rhetorical style that implies causality and promotes good outcomes facilitating ST. However, the structure of the assessment format enforces an articulation of sustainable research impact without stating the methodological limitations of that such claim. Therefore, the rhetorical choices of ST researchers merely represent a proxy indicator of the claimed impact. We conclude that the lack of rigor in accounting for the impact of ST research may inadvertently restrict attaining ST.

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Didactic education in paediatric cardiology during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national fellow survey

Cardiology in the Young ◽

10.1017/s1047951120003996 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Madhusudan Ganigara ◽

Chetan Sharma ◽

Fernando Molina Berganza ◽

Krittika Joshi ◽

Andrew D. Blaufox ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Online Learning ◽

United States Of America ◽

Formal Education ◽

Medical Training ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

The United States ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Paediatric Cardiology ◽

The Impact

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on medical educational curricula. We aimed to examine the impact of these unprecedented changes on the formal education of paediatric cardiology fellows through a nationwide survey. A REDCap™-based voluntary anonymous survey was sent to all current paediatric cardiology fellows in the United States of America in May, 2020. Of 143 respondents, 121 were categorical fellows, representing over one-fourth of all categorical paediatric cardiology fellows in the United States of America. Nearly all (140/143, 97.9%) respondents utilised online learning during the pandemic, with 134 (93.7%) reporting an increase in use compared to pre-pandemic. The percentage of respondents reporting curriculum supplementation with outside lectures increased from 11.9 to 88.8% during the pandemic. Respondents considered online learning to be “equally or more effective” than in-person lectures in convenience (133/142, 93.7%), improving fellow attendance (132/142, 93.0%), improving non-fellow attendance (126/143, 88.1%), and meeting individual learning needs (101/143, 70.6%). The pandemic positively affected the lecture curriculum of 83 respondents (58.0%), with 35 (24.5%) reporting no change and 25 (17.5%) reporting a negative effect. A positive effect was most noted by those whose programmes utilised supplemental outside lectures (62.2 versus 25.0%, p = 0.004) and those whose lecture frequency did not decrease (65.1 versus 5.9%, p < 0.001). Restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly increased utilisation of online learning platforms by medical training programmes. This survey reveals that an online lecture curriculum, despite inherent obstacles, offers advantages that may mitigate some negative consequences of the pandemic on fellowship education.

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