Measuring, reporting, and forecasting research impact beyond academia has become increasingly important to demonstrate and understand real-world benefits. This is arguably most important in crisis disciplines such as medicine, environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation, where application of new knowledge is urgently needed to improve health and environmental outcomes. Increasing focus on impact has prompted the development of theoretical guidance and practical tools tailored to a range of disciplines, but commensurate development of tools for conservation is still needed. In the present article, we review available tools for evaluating research impact applicable to conservation research. From these, and via a survey of conservation professionals, we compiled and ranked a list of 96 impact indicators useful for conservation science. Our indicators apply to a logic chain of inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts. We suggest the list can act as a clear guide to realize and measure potential impacts from conservation research within and beyond academia.

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生物多样性保护研究的影响指标：衡量学术界内外的影响

衡量，报告和预测学术界以外的研究影响对于展示和理解现实世界的利益变得越来越重要。在诸如医学，环境可持续性和生物多样性保护等危机学科中，这无疑是最重要的，在这些学科中，迫切需要应用新知识来改善健康和环境成果。对影响的日益关注促进了针对各种学科量身定制的理论指导和实用工具的发展，但是仍然需要相应开发保护工具。在本文中，我们回顾了可用于评估适用于保护研究的研究影响的工具。通过这些调查，并通过对保护专业人员的调查，我们编制并列出了对保护科学有用的96种影响指标的列表。我们的指标适用于输入，过程，输出，结果和影响的逻辑链。我们建议该清单可以作为明确指南，以实现和衡量学术界内外的保护研究的潜在影响。