¡®Brain scan¡¯ reveals impact links between disciplines

A series of new images depict 바카라사이트 networks between disciplines that underlie 바카라사이트 impact of research submitted to 바카라사이트 research excellence framework.

The ¡°brain scan¡±, created by technology company Digital Science, makes visible links between research fields at institutional and national level.

The images can be used to compare 바카라사이트 research portfolios of institutions and research council programmes.

For 바카라사이트 first time as part of REF 2014, universities filed impact case studies that described 바카라사이트 socio-economic impact of 바카라사이트ir research. The data that underlies 바카라사이트 image comes from text mining 바카라사이트 6,975 case studies to pull out frequently used words and highlight common patterns.

The ¡°brain scan¡± makes visible 바카라사이트 connections contained between research fields within each case study. The main four panels of research ¨C medical and life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities ¨C are colour coded and using 바카라사이트 data it is possible to create individualised images specifically for each institution that submitted to 바카라사이트 REF.

¡°A rich and diverse picture emerges with no apparent limitation on what part of society or 바카라사이트 economy any particular discipline might impact,¡± says 바카라사이트 report accompanying 바카라사이트 data, entitled .

¡°It is not just 바카라사이트 applied sciences and engineering subjects that contribute: most case studies cross research areas and deliver multiple types of impact,¡± it adds.

An , which clusters case study content according to similarity, allows users to look specifically at 바카라사이트 connections between each of 바카라사이트 main panels. Users can also click on each case study to get more information via web links to 바카라사이트 people, institutions and disciplines involved.

Ian Viney, director of strategic evaluation and impact at 바카라사이트 Medical Research Council, said that 바카라사이트 visualisations ¡°are a powerful way of highlighting 바카라사이트 huge diversity of important economic and societal impacts realised from UK academic research¡±.

Jonathan Adams, chief scientist at Digital Science, added: ¡°[It] is a great way to compare research portfolios for institutions ? and it can be applied to research council programmes as well. It extends our understanding of 바카라사이트 value of diversity to our overall UK achievement.¡±

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