Purpose

The study showcases the social impact (online attention) of funded research compared to nonfunded for the BRICS nations. The key themes achieving online attention across the funded and nonfunded publications have also been identified.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 1,507,931 articles published across the BRICS nations for a period of three (03) years were downloaded from the Clarivate Analytics' InCites database of Web of Science (WoS). “Funding Acknowledgement Analysis (FAA)” was used to identify the funded and nonfunded publications. The altmetric score of the top highly cited (1%) publications was gauged from the largest altmetric data provider, “Altmetric.com”, using the DOI of each publication. One-way ANOVA test was used to know the impact of funding on the mentions (altmetrics) across different data sources covered by Altmetric.com. The highly predominant keywords (hotspots) have been mapped using bibliometric software, “VOSviewer”.

Findings

The mentions across all the altmetric sources for funded research are higher compared to nonfunded research for all nations. It indicates the altmetric advantage for funded research, as funded publications are more discussed, tweeted, shared and have more readers and citations; thus, acquiring more social impact/online attention compared to nonfunded publications. The difference in means for funded and nonfunded publications varies across various altmetric sources and nations. Further, the authors’ keyword analysis reveals the prominence of the respective nation names in publications of the BRICS.

Research limitations/implications

The study showcases the utility of indexing the funding information and whether research funding increases social impact return (online attention). It presents altmetrics as an important impact assessment and evaluation framework indicator, adding one more dimension to the research performance. The linking of funding information with the altmetric score can be used to assess the online attention and multi-flavoured impact of a particular funding programme and source/agency of a nation so that necessary strategies would be framed to improve the reach and impact of funded research. It identifies countries that achieve significant online attention for their funded publications compared to nonfunded ones, along with the key themes that can be utilised to frame research and investment plans.

Originality/value

The study represents the social impact of funded research compared to nonfunded across the BRICS nations.

中文翻译：

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衡量资助研究相对于非资助研究的社会影响：金砖国家的案例研究

目的

该研究展示了金砖国家资助研究与非资助研究的社会影响（在线关注度）。还确定了受资助和非受资助出版物引起在线关注的关键主题。

设计/方法论/途径

从科睿唯安 (Clarivate Analytics) Web of Science (WoS) 的 InCites 数据库中下载了金砖国家三 (03) 年期间发表的总共 1,507,931 篇文章。 “资助确认分析（FAA）”用于识别资助和非资助出版物。被引用率最高的出版物 (1%) 的替代计量分数是通过最大的替代计量数据提供商“Altmetric.com”使用每个出版物的 DOI 来衡量的。使用单向方差分析测试来了解资金对 Altmetric.com 涵盖的不同数据源中的提及 (altmetrics) 的影响。高度主导的关键词（热点）已使用文献计量软件“VOSviewer”进行映射。

发现

与所有国家的非资助研究相比，所有替代计量来源中资助研究的提及率更高。它表明了受资助研究的替代计量优势，因为受资助的出版物被更多地讨论、推文、分享，并拥有更多的读者和引用；因此，与非资助出版物相比，获得更多的社会影响/在线关注。资助和非资助出版物的手段差异因不同的替代计量来源和国家而异。此外，作者的关键词分析揭示了金砖国家出版物中各自国家名称的突出程度。

研究局限性/影响

该研究展示了对资助信息进行索引的实用性以及研究资助是否会增加社会影响回报（在线关注）。它将替代计量学作为一种重要的影响评估和评估框架指标，为研究绩效增加了一个维度。资助信息与替代计量分数的联系可用于评估特定资助计划和国家来源/机构的在线关注度和多方面影响，以便制定必要的策略来提高资助研究的范围和影响力。它确定了与非资助出版物相比其资助出版物获得显着在线关注的国家，以及可用于制定研究和投资计划的关键主题。

原创性/价值

该研究展示了金砖国家资助研究与非资助研究的社会影响。