Policy and news media impact service

Research impact beyond citation counts

This service provides reports on individual or departmental research mentioned or cited in:

• public policy,
• news media, 
• blog posts,
• and Wikipedia and other informational sites.

The service is available to U of M researchers affiliated with the Health Sciences. If you are part of another U of M college or school, email [email protected].

Benefits

• Supplement traditional academic impact metrics, such as citation counts or h-index.
• Demonstrate individual research impact for promotion, tenure, or grant applications.
• Describe the impact of research to departments, schools, colleges, or funding agencies.
• Communicate the value of research to the public and to scholarly communities.

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