Measuring the societal impact of research. Research is less and less assessed on scientific impact alone-we should aim to quantify the increasingly important contributions of science to society

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 673-676

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FUNDING; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84864879919     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.99     Document Type: Article

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