Measuring the social impact of funded research over nonfunded: a case study of BRICS

IF 1.8 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Performance Measurement and Metrics Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI:10.1108/pmm-01-2023-0001

Sheikh Shueb, Sumeer Gul, Aabid Hussain Kharadi, Nahida Tun Nisa, Farzana Gulzar

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Abstract

Purpose

The study showcases the social impact (online attention) of funded research compared to nonfunded for the BRICS nations. The key themes achieving online attention across the funded and nonfunded publications have also been identified.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 1,507,931 articles published across the BRICS nations for a period of three (03) years were downloaded from the Clarivate Analytics' InCites database of Web of Science (WoS). “Funding Acknowledgement Analysis (FAA)” was used to identify the funded and nonfunded publications. The altmetric score of the top highly cited (1%) publications was gauged from the largest altmetric data provider, “Altmetric.com”, using the DOI of each publication. One-way ANOVA test was used to know the impact of funding on the mentions (altmetrics) across different data sources covered by Altmetric.com. The highly predominant keywords (hotspots) have been mapped using bibliometric software, “VOSviewer”.

Findings

The mentions across all the altmetric sources for funded research are higher compared to nonfunded research for all nations. It indicates the altmetric advantage for funded research, as funded publications are more discussed, tweeted, shared and have more readers and citations; thus, acquiring more social impact/online attention compared to nonfunded publications. The difference in means for funded and nonfunded publications varies across various altmetric sources and nations. Further, the authors’ keyword analysis reveals the prominence of the respective nation names in publications of the BRICS.

Research limitations/implications

The study showcases the utility of indexing the funding information and whether research funding increases social impact return (online attention). It presents altmetrics as an important impact assessment and evaluation framework indicator, adding one more dimension to the research performance. The linking of funding information with the altmetric score can be used to assess the online attention and multi-flavoured impact of a particular funding programme and source/agency of a nation so that necessary strategies would be framed to improve the reach and impact of funded research. It identifies countries that achieve significant online attention for their funded publications compared to nonfunded ones, along with the key themes that can be utilised to frame research and investment plans.

Originality/value

The study represents the social impact of funded research compared to nonfunded across the BRICS nations.

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衡量资助研究对非资助研究的社会影响：金砖五国案例研究

目的本研究展示了金砖五国受资助研究与未受资助研究相比所产生的社会影响（网络关注度）。从 Clarivate Analytics 的 InCites 数据库的 Web of Science (WoS) 中下载了金砖国家在三 (03) 年间发表的 1,507,931 篇文章。使用 "资助鸣谢分析（FAA）"来识别资助和非资助出版物。最大的 Altmetric 数据提供商 "Altmetric.com "使用每篇出版物的 DOI 计算了最高高被引率（1%）出版物的 Altmetric 分数。为了了解资金对 Altmetric.com 所覆盖的不同数据源的提及率（altmetrics）的影响，我们使用了单因素方差分析。使用文献计量软件 "VOSviewer "绘制了高度主要的关键词（热点）图。这表明了受资助研究在 altmetric 方面的优势，因为受资助的出版物被讨论、推特、分享的次数更多，读者和引用次数也更多；因此，与未受资助的出版物相比，受资助的出版物获得了更多的社会影响/在线关注。在不同的 altmetric 来源和国家，受资助和非受资助出版物的平均值差异各不相同。此外，作者的关键词分析揭示了金砖五国各自的国名在出版物中的突出地位。研究局限性/启示这项研究展示了编制资助信息索引的效用，以及研究资助是否会增加社会影响回报（在线关注度）。它将 altmetrics 作为一项重要的影响评估和评价框架指标，为研究绩效增加了一个新的维度。将资助信息与 Altmetric 分数联系起来，可用于评估特定资助计划和国家来源/机构的在线关注度和多方面影响，从而制定必要的战略，提高资助研究的覆盖面和影响力。它确定了与未获资助的出版物相比，哪些国家的资助出版物在网络上获得了极大的关注，以及可用于制定研究和投资计划的关键主题。原创性/价值该研究反映了金砖国家中获得资助的研究与未获资助的研究相比所产生的社会影响。

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Performance Measurement and Metrics INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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