Following the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) strategic revision as a "research-based" institution, A. Brown et al have investigated the impact of THHS research, and its key drivers, based… Click to show full abstract
Following the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) strategic revision as a "research-based" institution, A. Brown et al have investigated the impact of THHS research, and its key drivers, based on 15 stakeholder interviews and two quantitative indicators. This commentary argues that the quantitative analyses and findings would have benefitted from applying evaluative bibliometrics, hopefully, conducted by experienced bibliometricians. We present the potential of bibliometrics for assessing the scholarly impact of research, as well as a few examples of its application to the case of THHS, for informing research policies and strategies.
               
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