Research impact evidence

Improvements in the health of society, including the well-being of the end user and the community. This may include improved ability to access health care services, to participate socially (including empowerment and participation in decision making) and to quantify improvements in the health of society.
National Health and Medical Research Council

Are any of your publications mentioned in policy documents?

• Search for policies that have mentioned your publications via Altmetric.
• Make sure to follow through to the policy document to see where it is from and what it is about.

Are notable people, thought leaders or influencers referring to your work online?

• Look at the Altmetric Attention to your publication and follow through to the detail of who and what people are saying.

What news stories or press releases have mentioned your work?

Have news mentions to your work come from outlets with a (wide) audience/readership that may be likely to instigate change?

• Look at the Altmetric Attention to your publication and click the News tab.
• Search LexisNexis Capital Monitor for press releases related to your work.

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

For example, The Conversation.

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

Have you conducted any events to educate people or promote beneficial change/behaviour change?

• Consider an evaluation of the event as evidence of impact.

Are there any news stories or media reports on social changes arising from your research?

• 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).