Research impact
Report
Supporting academic research: understanding the challenges
Researchers and research administrators in higher education are under pressure to adapt to an ever changing landscape of funding opportunities and efforts to make research more accessible. This paper includes the findings from two surveys with researchers and senior members of research offices across the UK, the US and Australia.
Report
Quality use of research evidence framework
This document presents the Monash University Q Project’s conceptual framework to define and elaborate what ‘quality use of research evidence’ might mean in education.
Journal article
A provisional system to evaluate journal publishers based on partnership practices and values shared with academic institutions and libraries
Identifying publishers with similar values may help libraries and institutions make strategic decisions about resource allocation. Publishers, especially non-profit publishers, could use the criteria in this paper to guide practices that align with mission-driven institutions, whilst institutions and libraries could use the system to identify publishers acting in good faith towards public institutions of higher...
Briefing paper
Impact of the pandemic on Australia’s research workforce
This rapid research brief responds to the question: what impact is the pandemic having and likely to have on Australia’s research workforce and its capability to support our recovery efforts?
Blog post
How will the emerging generation of scholars transform scholarly communication?
Presenting evidence from the Harbingers Study, a three-year longitudinal study of Early Career Researchers (ECRs), David Nicholas assesses the extent to which the new wave of researchers are driving changes in scholarly practices.