"Maximizing The Impacts Of Your Research: A Handbook For Social Scientists"

The LSE Public Policy group have produced a handbook that focuses on understanding and maximising impact, and have made it free for download in .pdf format.

Some topics include:

  • What shapes the citing of academic publications?
  • Tracking citations, including new-internet based tracking systems
  • Key measures of academic influence
  • Strategies for getting better cited
  • External (i.e., non-academic) research impacts

You can access the book from the link below:

MAXIMIZING THE IMPACTS OF YOUR RESEARCH:
A HANDBOOK FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS