Use software

Fundamental to results

69%

92%

n=417

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1183562

Researcher

Software

Engineer

Research

Software

Engineer

~10,000 RSEs worldwide

Image courtesy Ian Cosden

Greater access to skills

=

Better research

And lots of impact...

Publications

Money

Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome

- Charlie Munger

Recognising all research outputs and every role that makes research possible

www.hidden-ref.org

• Training materials and courses
• Grimpact
• Citizen science
• Enabling access to facilities
• Community building
• Standards

New categories

Libcrowds

• A platform for hosting experimental crowdsourcing projects to improve access to the diverse collections held at the British Library
• 266,000 contributions from 3000 contributors leading to 175 projects

Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19

• A comprehensive package to help mitigate the effects of working during the pandemic
• Developed by five people
• 77,000 healthcare workers around the world during its first 12 month

And some more impact...

Thank you!

@simonhettrick.bsky.social

ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: AH/Z000114/1

Licence

 © Simon Hettrick. These slides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Link to slides

https://slides.com/simonhettrick/hidden-ref-for-impact-seminar

Image credits

• RSE map Image courtesy of Ian Cosden
• Library by janko ferlic on Unsplash
• Surgeons by national cancer institute on Unsplash
• Open by kiryl on Unsplash
• Outside the box by diana parkhouse on Unsplash