Table 1 Inclusion/exclusion criteria for reviewed articles
From: What funders are doing to assess the impact of their investments in health and biomedical research
| Â | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
Initial data check | Published between 2014 and 2021 | Published before 2014 |
Written in English | Language other than English | |
Full-text primary research, reports, systematic reviews | Letters, editorials, conference abstracts | |
Biomedical health | Primary focus on health | No focus on health |
Impact assessment | Includes impact assessment/analysis Use of impact framework or discussion of theory preferred but not required To be included, impact analysis should include evidence of the impact on research, policy, practice and/or broader health and society | Limited/no impact assessment/analysis, i.e. the article focuses more on outputs or monitoring Articles that focused on bibliometrics only were excluded |
Funding programme | Refers to a specific funding portfolio/project/grant/programme for a discrete research activity and mentions the funding body | No mention of funding portfolio/project/grant/programme OR mentioned a funding programme that looked at the impact of research funding on individuals, networks and collaborations, institutes or departments, or otherwise did not focus on the impacts of project- or grant-based funded research |
Assessment focus | A portfolio of grants, projects or contracts is assessed | Only one grant/project is assessed OR did not look at the impacts of the funded research programme but rather patterns of funding over time or funder processes such as grant applications or peer review |