Kudos Connect: Development of prototype service to help learned societies drive impact of research publications, and encourage cross-discipline and public engagement with research discoveries.

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The UK spends approximately £29 billion on research and development per annum,representing circ. 1.7% GDP. Despite this huge investment, the research community is failingto sufficiently promote and commerically apply this research, and academics are not yetmaking the best use of emerging tools and channels to assist with this.Kudos Connect will address this by tapping into the expertise, networks and infrastructureoffered by learned societies - helping them for the first time track, evaluate and amplify thecollective research outputs of their member communities. Kudos Connect will also helpsocieties better support inter-disciplinary exchange, public engagement and corporateapplication of research discoveries.Learned societies are crucial organizations in the research process - holding conferences forthe presentation and discussion of new research results, publishing books and journals todisseminate research, and acting as professional bodies that regulate the activities of theirmembers in the public interest and the collective interest of the membership. Societies are alsoof key importance in assisting in the emergence and development of new disciplines andprofessions.Currently, societies have access to limited information to help them understand and promotethe research outputs of their members. Kudos Connect will give them information to helpsupport their member communities in the uptake and evaluation of new formats and channelsfor presenting research discoveries; identify, support and promote high performance withintheir disciplines; and connect with broader audiences in the further progression of their areasof speciality.