@article{1432434,
      recid = {1432434},
      author = {McKenna, Hugh P.,},
      title = {Research impact : guidance on advancement, achievement and  assessment. /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 135 pages) :},
      abstract = {Research for research sake is no longer tenable or  affordable; to be valuable to society, research must have  impact! This textbook takes the reader on a journey from  how the UK Research Excellence Framework assesses impact to  real examples of outstanding research impact case studies.  Along the way, Prof. Hugh McKenna describes and explains  the case for research impact, the challenges, the link  between research impact and evidence informed practice,  achieving impact through changing policy and engaging with  the public, how researchers can make their research  findings more impactful and how research impact is  assessment nationally and internationally It is written in  an easily accessible and understandable style, with  reflective exercises amply distributed throughout its pages  and helpful guides helping to engage readers and notably  health professionals who are often turned off by the normal  heavy research tomes. This book makes the complex simple  and the wearisome fascinating. The short chapters are  interesting and authoritative and can be read on a  'standalone' basis, allowing readers to 'dip in and out'.  From his experience in various countries, the author has a  unique insight into what research impact is, how it is  assessed and how and where research findings can have the  most benefit. The stimulus for this book has been the  excellent feedback that the author has received from health  professionals, students and fellow researchers. There is  always a risk that good knowledge and experience do not  transfer well into a good textbook. In Research Impact:  Guidance on Advancement, Achievement and Assessment,  nothing has been lost in the transition. The book will be  of great interest to many health researchers from nursing  to midwifery to pharmacy, medicine or any allied health  professional, but also to any research manager in all  professions who want their research to bring positive  change to society, culture, the economy, health and quality  of life. It will be of particular interest to those who  want to understand the difference between research impacts  that are weak and those that are outstanding and how such  assessments are made.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1432434},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57028-6},
}