RCSI: adopting altmetrics to build strategies to maximise the dissemination of research

<div>RCSI is an Irish University of Medicine and Health sciences. It</div><div>hosts about 3,000 undergraduate students and runs a small</div><div>Postgrad school (made up mostly of PhDs), all of whom</div><div>focus on areas of medicine, pharmacy and physiotherapy.</div><div><br></div><div>The university produces a lot of high impact research, and</div><div>indeed this has become an increasing focus over the last 5</div><div>years. As a research intensive organization, the university has</div><div>made efforts to invest in recruitment at all levels to support</div><div>this, and ensured that research time is protected.</div><div><br></div><div>With a goal to be in the Top 200 of the Times Higher</div><div>Education global rankings, the university has made big</div><div>progress in recent years - and was recently ranked number</div><div>one in the world for research that focuses on Health and</div><div>Wellbeing, the 3rd UN Sustainable Development Goal. This</div><div>is partly reflected in the close ties and collaboration that the</div><div>university has with the local and more international health</div><div>services, working alongside frontline staff in different regions.</div><div><br></div><div>We spoke with Head of Operations, Catherine Sullivan, from</div><div>the university’s Institutional Research and Planning team, where they have been amongst the first to use Altmetric.</div>