Research impact evidence

The verifiable outcomes that research makes to knowledge, health, the economy and/or society. Impact is the effect of the research after it has been adopted, adapted for use, or used to inform further research.
National Health and Medical Research Council 

NHMRC identifies four specific types of impact:

• Knowledge impact
• Health impact
• Social impact
• Economic impact

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A note on which outputs to include evidence from:

The case study reflecting research impact may relate to your whole CV or a subset of research activities. Metrics and evidence will need to be sourced to match the publications/contribution directly related to the case study.

It may also be useful to contextualise the contribution to the impact study in terms of your whole career.

To track your influence, attention and impact in some systems, it is necessary to have an ORCID that is up-to-date and linked to UQ - see ORCID iD and researcher identifiers for instructions.

We can offer tailored sessions for specific units/faculties. If interested please contact the Librarian team and we can schedule this in at a time that suits. 

We recommend using the Impact Tracker tool to keep track of your evidence. Consult the Impact Tracker Training Hub for more information.