By Natasha Kassulke, UW-Madison
Over the last three years, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have authored more than 21,400 articles, presented at nearly 1,500 conferences, earned almost 500 patents and generated nearly $2 billion in grant funding.
These are among just some of the activities now captured in a new campus tool called Research at UW–Madison, a searchable website to identify research and research projects, foster research collaborations, and highlight the achievements of UW–Madison scholars.
“We decided to invest in this tool, in part, to help our stakeholders who want to better understand the range of research and scholarly activity of UW–Madison researchers,” says Provost Karl Scholz. “The site showcases not only the range but the extraordinary depth and volume of scholarly activity at UW–Madison.”
The Research at UW–Madison website includes information from both public and campus sources.
“A benefit of the site is that it doesn’t rely on scholars updating their information, although they are able to edit their profiles to add scholarly works that do not appear in Academic Analytics or university-provided core data, including works like software, performances and exhibitions,” says Allison La Tarte, associate director of Academic Planning and Institutional Research. “There also is an opt-out option for anyone who does not want to be included on Research at UW–Madison.”
Academic Planning and Institutional Research is the campus liaison to Academic Analytics, a service that populates the scholar profiles from available information in CrossRef, which links digital information from journal articles, citations, conference proceedings, books and book chapters. Read more …