Journal article
Sharing research with academia and beyond: Insights from early career researchers in Australia and Japan
Learned Publishing, Vol.33(3), pp.277-286
2020
Abstract
Quality scholarly research outputs, such as peer reviewed journal articles published in reputable journals, are essential for early career researchers' (ECRs) vocational success while also offering benefits for their institutions. Research outputs destined for audiences beyond academia are also increasingly valued by funders, end users, and tertiary institutions. While there is an expectation that ECRs may create diverse research outputs for an array of audiences, the kinds of research output texts produced by ECRs for varied audiences warrants further investigation. In addition, the routes of dissemination that ECRs use to share their academic research outputs to secure impact beyond academia are not well understood. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews of 30 respondents in Australia and Japan, we explore the research‐sharing practices of ECRs, finding that ECRs may potentially create a wide range of research‐informed texts for end users beyond academia, using an array of methods for dissemination. The examples of the output text types and dissemination routes we provide in this paper can be used to inspire ECRs and also more senior academics to share their research more broadly, and perhaps more effectively, and can be used by publishers to improve research impact and support ECRs' research translation.
Details
- Title
- Sharing research with academia and beyond: Insights from early career researchers in Australia and Japan
- Authors/Creators
- M. Merga (Author/Creator)S. Mason (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Learned Publishing, Vol.33(3), pp.277-286
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Identifiers
- 991005543410307891
- Copyright
- © 2020 ALPSP
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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