RESEARCH & IMPACT
Research Support with Impact
Raising the bar for Research Online
Maximising the impact of research is a known priority for UOW. Underpinning
this objective is improved citation performance and other esteem measures
associated with the discoverability of, and access to UOW research outputs.
To support these outcomes, the Research Impact Analysis Service was
created to produce a range of reports:
Efforts were directed to more closely align the UOW publications in Research
Online with those within the Research Information System (RIS) as part of a
revamped publications management strategy. In July, approximately 7,700
RIS records were exported to Research Online and by the close of the year
more than 84% of UOW HERDC publications post-2005 were represented
through Research Online and discoverable via search engines such as
Google and Summon. Work was also undertaken to increase the percentage
of full text content available on open access platforms. Research Online
underwent an essential format upgrade to more closely reflect the new
UOW branding requirements.
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Researcher Impact Profile – support for grant applications and academic
promotion through the provision of publication impact based on citation
analysis summaries.
Journal Impact Reports – detailed analysis of quality journals based on
citations drawn from: JCR, Web of Science, Scopus, ERA and Google
Scholar.
Publication Activity Report – a comprehensive review based on an
individual, centre or the University’s publications. These include:
h-indexes, citation numbers, subject categories, collaboration and
benchmarking data.
Literature Scans - providing a tailored Endnote Library with references
sourced from nominated search term from Scopus, Web of Science and
selected databases.
Research Online is currently ranked 9th in Australia and 201st in the world
on ‘The Ranking Web of World Repositories’, and achieved an impressive
rank of third in Australia for visibility of content (based on assessment by
link intelligence databases such as Majestic SEO).
Research Online downloads 2006 to 2012
2,500,000
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1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
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