TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact Indicators for Biodiversity Conservation Research
T2 - Measuring Influence within and beyond Academia
AU - Lavery, Tyrone H.
AU - Morgain, Rachel
AU - Fitzsimons, James A.
AU - Fluin, Jennie
AU - MacGregor, Nicholas A.
AU - Robinson, Natasha M.
AU - Scheele, Ben C.
AU - Selwood, Katherine E.
AU - Spindler, Rebecca
AU - Vuong, Holly
AU - West, Simon
AU - Wintle, Brendan A.
AU - Lindenmayer, David B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - Measuring, reporting, and forecasting research impact beyond academia has become increasingly important to demonstrate and understand real-world benefits. This is arguably most important in crisis disciplines such as medicine, environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation, where application of new knowledge is urgently needed to improve health and environmental outcomes. Increasing focus on impact has prompted the development of theoretical guidance and practical tools tailored to a range of disciplines, but commensurate development of tools for conservation is still needed. In the present article, we review available tools for evaluating research impact applicable to conservation research. From these, and via a survey of conservation professionals, we compiled and ranked a list of 96 impact indicators useful for conservation science. Our indicators apply to a logic chain of inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts. We suggest the list can act as a clear guide to realize and measure potential impacts from conservation research within and beyond academia.
AB - Measuring, reporting, and forecasting research impact beyond academia has become increasingly important to demonstrate and understand real-world benefits. This is arguably most important in crisis disciplines such as medicine, environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation, where application of new knowledge is urgently needed to improve health and environmental outcomes. Increasing focus on impact has prompted the development of theoretical guidance and practical tools tailored to a range of disciplines, but commensurate development of tools for conservation is still needed. In the present article, we review available tools for evaluating research impact applicable to conservation research. From these, and via a survey of conservation professionals, we compiled and ranked a list of 96 impact indicators useful for conservation science. Our indicators apply to a logic chain of inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts. We suggest the list can act as a clear guide to realize and measure potential impacts from conservation research within and beyond academia.
KW - environment
KW - framework
KW - outcome
KW - research assessment
KW - uptake
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121126041&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/biosci/biaa159
DO - 10.1093/biosci/biaa159
M3 - Review article
SN - 0006-3568
VL - 71
SP - 383
EP - 395
JO - BioScience
JF - BioScience
IS - 4
ER -