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ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2019

Implementing and assessing a service to demonstrate public impact of faculty research in news and policy sources.

Caitlin J Bakker, Jenny McBurney, Katherine V Chew, Melissa Aho, Del Reed

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Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caitlin J BakkerAssociate Librarian, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, cjbakker@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4154-8382
Jenny McBurneyAssistant Librarian, University Libraries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, jmcburne@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4081-6066
Katherine V ChewAssociate Librarian, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, chewx002@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0788-3179
Melissa AhoLibrary Professional, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, aho@umn.edu.
Del ReedLibrary Professional, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, reedx013@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs the need to demonstrate research impact increases, faculty are looking for new ways to show funders, departments, and institutions that their work is making a difference. While traditional metrics such as citation counts can tell one part of this story, these metrics are focused on the academic sphere and often miss the wide-ranging public impact that research can have in areas such as the news or policy documents. CASE PRESENTATION: This case report describes how one library piloted and established the Policy & News Media Impact Service, where librarians generate reports for faculty members of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center that tracks citations of their research in governmental and organizational policies as well as local, national, and international news media. Workflows of, resources used in, and faculty feedback on the service are described.

conclusionsThis Policy & News Media Impact Service pilot was successful and resulted in the establishment of a permanent service that is available to all departments in the Academic Health Center. Faculty feedback indicated that the service was valuable in demonstrating the public impact of their research.

Indexed as

Academic Medical CentersHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalLibrariansLibraries, MedicalLibrary Collection DevelopmentMinnesotaOrganizational Case StudiesOrganizational PolicyProgram DevelopmentProgram Evaluation

Identifiers

PMID31607816
PMCPMC6774553
OpenAlexW2978006101

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.