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.

英国每年在研发上的支出约为290亿英镑，约占GDP的1.7%。尽管投入巨大，但研究界未能充分促进和商业化应用这一研究，学术界尚未充分利用新兴工具和渠道来协助这一研究。Kudos Connect将通过利用学术团体提供的专业知识、网络和基础设施来解决这个问题，帮助他们首次跟踪、评估和扩大其成员社区的集体研究成果。Kudos Connect还将帮助社会更好地支持跨学科交流、公众参与和研究发现的企业应用。学术学会在研究过程中是至关重要的组织——举办会议，展示和讨论新的研究成果，出版书籍和期刊，传播研究成果，并作为专业机构，为公众利益和成员的集体利益规范其成员的活动。社会在协助新学科和专业的出现和发展方面也具有关键的重要性。目前，学会只能获得有限的信息来帮助他们理解和促进其成员的研究成果。Kudos Connect将为他们提供信息，帮助他们的成员社区吸收和评估展示研究发现的新格式和渠道；识别，支持和促进其学科内的高绩效；并在他们专业领域的进一步发展中与更广泛的受众建立联系。

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.