This guide provides faculty and students resources related to research impact. It also includes background information on the subject and responsible practices. The research impact services guide is intended to serve as an overview of research impact. It should be of particular interest to faculty and graduate students publishing research.
The FGCU library offers faculty members services to help measure and maximize their research impact. This guide provides information about what research impact is, different forms of measuring impact (bibliometrics, altmetrics), ideas for maximizing your impact, and accepted rules for evaluating research. This guide also provides an Impact Check survey to help you determine how you're doing with your impact.
Your research impact librarian is happy to help you with your impact journey. Together, we can measure your impact and create a plan to increase your research's visibility. Please reach out with any questions or schedule a consultation.
The FGCU library offered 3 workshops about research impact in the Fall 2024 semester. They were about 30 minutes each. While the live recordings of the workshops are not available, the workshops were re-done to be recorded. If you would like to watch any of these recordings, they are available under the 'Workshops' tab.
We hope to offer these workshops again in the spring semester, as well as others relating to research impact and scholarly communication. If you have any requests or ideas for topics, please contact Em Farmer.
FGCU Librarians are available to answer questions via chat most hours that the library is open. If FGCU Librarians are not available, you may be connected with librarian at another location in Florida.
