Table 1 Payback metrics scorecard
From: Impact assessment of the Centre for Research Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Recovery
Domain | Subcategory | Impact metrics |
|---|---|---|
Knowledge advancement | Peer-reviewed publications | 354 publications through the end of 2019 (output metric) |
7224 citations, average Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 1.86 | ||
Average 20.4 citations per paper | ||
470,243 times accessed including views and downloads | ||
70% open access | ||
4933 combined Altmetric score, average 16.4 per article | ||
Conferences | 624 presentations overall | |
503 oral presentations | ||
121 poster presentations | ||
40% with an international audience, 60% national/regional/local | ||
205 invited presentations | ||
116 unique presenters | ||
Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable | 10 publications, International Journal of Stroke (5); Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (5) (output) | |
1350 Crossref citations | ||
1289 Scopus citations | ||
129,118 downloads | ||
Engagement (internal & external) | 393 newsletter subscribers | |
31 CRE newsletters | ||
16 network newsletters (external) | ||
2778 Twitter followers | ||
3443 tweets | ||
32 unique Twitter curators | ||
328 Facebook followers and 304 likes | ||
59 examples of knowledge advancement in an impact survey of CRE affiliates | ||
Media interviews | 2 Radio National interviews with Norman Swan (estimated listening audience 600,000) | |
Capacity- and capability-building | Supporting postgraduate, clinical and postdoctoral researchers | 26 PhD students, 81% female |
6 PhD students funded directly | ||
39 postdocs, 67% female | ||
9 postdocs funded directly | ||
9 travel/study/future leader grants awarded | ||
26 researchers formally mentored by senior CRE affiliates | ||
7 clinicians awarded clinical stipends embedded in research teams | ||
MIDAS (modafinil drug trial) | CRE supported phase 2 of a trial that, if successful in phase 3, will help stroke survivors manage their fatigue | |
Capability/capacity-building events | 59 individual events | |
32 seminars including CRE-affiliated research and international experts | ||
14 workshops on grant writing, clinical trials management, research translation and implementation, research impact and social media | ||
6 forums including consumer, industry and young stroke survivor forums | ||
4 early career researcher networking functions | ||
3 international Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtables | ||
People whose capacity/capability was built | 2126 individual occurrences of capacity/capability-building (47 events) | |
2414 individual occurrences of capacity/capability-building (59 events, with 12 events based on projections of 24 attendees each—the mean number of participants at each event) | ||
2730 online occurrences of capacity/capability-building | ||
5166 total occurrences of capacity/capability-building | ||
9321Â hours of capacity-building and training and education | ||
744 unique individuals who benefited | ||
68% female, 46% academics including students, 34% health services, 11% consumers, 9% industry/policy | ||
85 consumers involved in research prioritization, co-design and grant development | ||
Infrastructure | Stroke volunteer register | 650 active participants recruited in the Hunter Region of NSW |
13 studies have used the Register for recruitment | ||
8 studies completed, 3 ongoing | ||
Biobank | Physical facility set up and meets accreditation | |
74 clots stored | ||
400 serum/plasma samples | ||
5 studies have samples stored but approval for cross-study usage still outstanding | ||
Stroke rehabilitation roundtables | Consensus-based recommendations for 5 areas of stroke rehabilitation research: (1) enhancing the alignment between preclinical and clinical research, (2) standardizing biomarkers of stroke recovery, (3) standardizing measurement of sensorimotor recovery in trials, (4) agreed definitions and shared vision for new standards in stroke recovery research, (5) improved development, monitoring and reporting of stroke rehab research | |
Policy and legislation | Living Stroke Guidelines | 23 CRE affiliates on stoke rehabilitation working groups |
4 CRE affiliates on the implementation and evaluation working group | ||
4 CRE affiliates referenced in the guidelines | ||
1 CRE leader chairing the Stroke Rehabilitation Guidelines Working Group | ||
Engagement with policy-makers | 2 Stroke Foundation representatives on CRE Management Committee | |
Economic | Grants and consultancies leveraged | 148 grants and consultancies leveraged |
Fellowship leveraged | 8 fellowships leveraged | |
Scholarships and travel grants leveraged | 11 scholarships or travel grants leveraged | |
Awards leveraged | 17 awards leveraged | |
No. of PhD completions resulting in increased lifetime earnings | 14 PhD completions |