Hi all This is a very good paper that was mentioned by Deborah Blum during her keynote address at SCI:COM16 in Dublin - Scientists’ Prioritization of Communication Objectives for Public Engagement http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148867 <http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148867> Below may be of interest….. 30 Day Impact Challenge http://blog.impactstory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/impact_challenge_ebook_links.pdf <http://blog.impactstory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/impact_challenge_ebook_links.pdf> Darling et al. (2013).The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication. https://peerj.com/preprints/16v1 <https://peerj.com/preprints/16v1>/ <https://peerj.com/preprints/16v1/> Best Alex Alexandra Boyd, Project Manager Public Engagement & Outreach UCD Research Room H0.58, O'Brien Centre for Science University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland T+353 (0)1 7162438 @ucdsciex #scienceapprentice > On 25 Jan 2017, at 19:32, Matthew Partridge <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > Are there any good journal papers on the impact of taking part in SciComms on researchers or for that matter even the impact of using social media on researchers? > > I’ve had a good look around and can only find a handful and I was hoping someone in the collective might have some good suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Matthew > > ———————————— > Dr Matthew Partridge > Research Fellow > Engineering Photonics > Cranfield University > MK43 0AL > > Twitter - @MCeep <http://twitter.com/MCeeP> > Blog - ErrantScience.com <http://errantscience.com/> > ********************************************************************** > psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com> or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) > > • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) > > Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print <https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print> > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************