Annual Report 2022–23

Strategic partners with research insight

Our productive partnerships with Schools and research groups support researchers and strategic decision-making.

Our literature searching service delivered expert literature reviews to support high quality research for 8 research projects across 5 Schools.

We worked with Water@Leeds to analyse their contribution to 8 global water research themes.

Responsible metrics (Strategic priority 9)

Our expertise on research metrics supports the University’s commitment to using research metrics responsibly through the Research Culture group.

Our bibliometrics service actively contributes to strategic priorities, providing data to support:

• Faculty IPE submissions
• Discussions around University KPIs (Field weighted citation impact)
• Publishing activity around climate and health
• Collaboration data to enable QS ranking insight
• Data to underpin a School’s updated research strategy.

Improving policy

We revised the University Publications Policy to increase access and impact of research outputs, by including:

• Data access statements
• Author contribution requirements
• Rights retention requirements.

Research visibility

Our Research Profile Bootcamp helped researchers discover and explore new ways of making research at the University of Leeds more accessible, more impactful and more engaging.

There was 300 participants across 11 workshops covering University support systems, online profile tools and how to use media and audience engagement strategies.

It was really informative and helpful! Thank you! I liked the 'how to' approach - very helpful for someone like me who is not very adept at using the latest tech!

Professional development and personal support

104 research focused workshops with: 1,874 attendees (up 24%) and 3,001 research-related enquiries answered.

Enabling open research practices (Strategic priority 7)

With our regional partners, we’re improving access to full text research outputs and bringing scholarly works to new audiences:

• 7,290 items deposited in White Rose Research Online
• 974 Leeds theses deposited in White Rose Etheses Online.