Guest editors Irene Ramos-Vielba, Pablo D’Este and Richard Woolley of INGENIO and Nabil Amara of Université de Laval, Canada, introduce a selection of six articles in the special section. These include two conceptual pieces, two empirical studies of researchers’ activities, and two articles taking different approaches to the use of social media and altmetrics in the generation and measurement of societal impact.
Contents of the special section and links to each article:
Introduction to a special section: Balancing scientific and societal impact—A challenging agenda for academic research
Irene Ramos-Vielba, Pablo D’Este, Richard Woolley, Nabil Amara (guest editors)
Science and Public Policy https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy033
How do researchers generate scientific and societal impacts? Toward an analytical and operational framework
Pablo D’Este; Irene Ramos-Vielba; Richard Woolley; Nabil Amara
Science and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy023
Reflecting on the Tensions of Research Utilization: Understanding the Coupling of Academic and User Knowledge
Paul Benneworth; Julia Olmos-Peñuela
Science and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy021
The evaluation of research excellence and the dynamics of knowledge production in the humanities: The case of History in Spain
Carolina Cañibano; Immaculada Vilardell; Carmen Corona; Carlos Benito-Amat
Science and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy025
Scientists’ engagement in knowledge transfer and exchange: individual factors, variety of mechanisms and users
Oscar Llopis; Mabel Sánchez-Barrioluengo; Julia Olmos-Peñuela; Elena Castro-Martínez
Science and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy020
Scientific knowledge percolation process and social impact: a case study on the biotechnology and microbiology perceptions on Twitter
Beatriz Barros; Ana Fernández-Zubieta; Raul Fidalgo-Merino; Francisco Triguero
Science and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy022
Using altmetrics for contextualised mapping of societal impact: from hits to networks
Nicolas Robinson-Garcia; Thed N van Leeuwen; Ismael Ràfols
Science and Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scy024