Creating Compelling Research Impact Visualizations

The ability to create effective visualizations of your research impact is a valuable skill when competing for grants, awards, and attention in a crowded research landscape. In this hands-on workshop, participants will create simple, eye-catching graphics to communicate impact from a variety of perspectives (from citation rates to collaboration networks to media attention).

Participants will learn how to:

• Generate ready-made impact visualizations within a variety of bibliometric tools at McMaster.
• Utilize raw bibliometric data and custom templactes to create effective visualizations using Excel. - Effectively incorporate research impact visualizations into reports, grant applications, and award nominations.

This session is ideal for researchers, librarians, and graduate students interested in research metrics, scholarly communications, or mapping academic influence. No previous experience with data visualization is necessary.

Details: This workshop will not be recorded.

Facilitator Bio: 

Jack Young (he/him) is McMaster’s Research Impact Librarian, supporting the use of bibliometric data to enhance the reporting and strategic planning practices of the University’s academic departments, institutes, and researchers.