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Publication metrics for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant

Use this guide to access example statements and instructions for finding key evidence to include in your NHMRC Investigator Grant application. Note that not all sections will be relevant to your application.

Policy documents

Are any of your publications mentioned in policy documents?

Search for policies that have mentioned your publications via Altmetric Explorer or PlumX.

Make sure to follow through to the policy document to see where it is from and what it is about.

Clinical guidelines

Are any clinical guidelines citing your work?

  • Check PlumX or Altmetric Explorer to see if there are any clinical guidelines that have cited your publications.
  • Look through the publications citing your work to see if any are guideline documents.

Research translated into daily practice

Do you have engagement with collaborators or partners who translate the co-created research into their daily practice?

For example, co-authorship with:

  • government department researchers
  • hospital researchers
  • clinicians.

Look through your co-authorship network. 

Non-scholarly publications

Do you have publications in outlets that are not 'scholarly' e.g. the Conversation but reach audiences such as clinicians, practitioners or the general public?

Use available readership metrics or analytics e.g. where the readers are located to show distribution or uptake.

News stories or media reports

Are there any news stories or media reports on health benefits arising from your research?

  • Explore the online attention on your publication (via Altmetric Explorer) and click the News tab.
  • Try searching for your research output in Google News to see if it is appearing in any media.

Tip: Search the title in inverted commas e.g. "Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator after myocardial infarction" or by Digital Object Identifier (DOI 10.1136/bmj.k3786).