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Table 1 Total number of definitions referenced (n = 108)

From: How do we define the policy impact of public health research? A systematic review

Research organisation or framework referenced

Number of definitions (n)

United Kingdom Research Excellence Framework (REF) and/or the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

30

Research Councils UK (RCUK)

17

Australian Research Quality Framework (RQF) and the Australian Research Council (ARC)

17

London School of Economics and Political Science Public Policy Group (PPG)

5

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

2

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)

2

Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS)

2

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

1

European Science Foundation (ESF)

1

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

1

National Educational Research Forum (NERF)

1

Kellogg Foundation

1

Other definitions referenced

Number of definitions (n)

Original (uncited) definitions (various)

17

Citations to peer reviewed literature (various)

10