{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3017382136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","title":"Powerful numbers: Exemplary quantitative studies of science that had policy impact","display_name":"Powerful numbers: Exemplary quantitative studies of science that had policy impact","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-06-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3017382136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","mag":"3017382136"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1162/qss_a_00060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210195326","display_name":"Quantitative Science Studies","issn_l":"2641-3337","issn":["2641-3337"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718","https://openalex.org/P4310316440"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press","Massachusetts Institute of Technology"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Quantitative Science Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112300130","display_name":"Diana M. Hicks","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-4307","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-4307"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Diana Hicks","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022357755","display_name":"Kimberley R. Isett","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-0181","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-0181"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86501945","display_name":"University of Delaware","ror":"https://ror.org/01sbq1a82","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86501945"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kimberley R. Isett","raw_affiliation_strings":["Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, Newark, DE 19711"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, Newark, DE 19711","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86501945"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5112300130"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"],"apc_list":{"value":800,"currency":"USD","value_usd":800},"apc_paid":{"value":800,"currency":"USD","value_usd":800},"fwci":0.4574,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.6607565,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"3","first_page":"969","last_page":"982"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.9887999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.9887999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14185","display_name":"Research, Science, and Academia","score":0.006099999882280827,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13765","display_name":"Social Science and Policy Research","score":0.0008999999845400453,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3300","display_name":"General Social Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-impact","display_name":"policy impact","score":0.8119999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evidence-based-policy","display_name":"evidence-based policy","score":0.6100000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantitative-research","display_name":"quantitative research","score":0.515999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/science-policy","display_name":"science policy","score":0.6069999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/health-services","display_name":"health services","score":0.6190000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/research-utilization","display_name":"research utilization","score":0.5649999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-relevance","display_name":"policy relevance","score":0.4009999930858612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scientometrics","display_name":"scientometrics","score":0.4950000047683716}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780328347","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904708","display_name":"Science policy","level":2,"score":0.5616639852523804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123587114","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2101508","display_name":"Policy analysis","level":2,"score":0.5346474051475525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.4842812418937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986640111","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q904708","display_name":"Research policy","level":2,"score":0.46689116954803467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95986675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185168","display_name":"Quantitative analysis (chemistry)","level":2,"score":0.4659128487110138},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203566152","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3179130","display_name":"Policy studies","level":3,"score":0.44235584139823914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984588014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730675","display_name":"Quantitative assessment","level":2,"score":0.4194904863834381},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.41947051882743835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111874474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6005872","display_name":"Impact assessment","level":2,"score":0.4103817045688629},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.32458528876304626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109986646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546113","display_name":"Public policy","level":2,"score":0.2917783856391907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2576492428779602},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.23246511816978455},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.18820694088935852},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.17791154980659485},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.1249505877494812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43617362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170050","display_name":"Chromatography","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1162/qss_a_00060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210195326","display_name":"Quantitative Science Studies","issn_l":"2641-3337","issn":["2641-3337"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718","https://openalex.org/P4310316440"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press","Massachusetts Institute of Technology"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Quantitative Science Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:cb3b254b1d0e4bb68bcc3799464c397f","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/cb3b254b1d0e4bb68bcc3799464c397f","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Quantitative Science Studies, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 969-982 (2020)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1162/qss_a_00060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210195326","display_name":"Quantitative Science Studies","issn_l":"2641-3337","issn":["2641-3337"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718","https://openalex.org/P4310316440"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press","Massachusetts Institute of Technology"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Quantitative Science Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.4399999976158142,"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":59,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W117984699","https://openalex.org/W641187492","https://openalex.org/W977025052","https://openalex.org/W1602037515","https://openalex.org/W1777285242","https://openalex.org/W1965721320","https://openalex.org/W1967888523","https://openalex.org/W1971123156","https://openalex.org/W1972589082","https://openalex.org/W1973787774","https://openalex.org/W1992775894","https://openalex.org/W1994789696","https://openalex.org/W1996985425","https://openalex.org/W2016555005","https://openalex.org/W2016974691","https://openalex.org/W2018378619","https://openalex.org/W2018619220","https://openalex.org/W2020118844","https://openalex.org/W2041721338","https://openalex.org/W2044212038","https://openalex.org/W2068351607","https://openalex.org/W2068452509","https://openalex.org/W2079977641","https://openalex.org/W2080838006","https://openalex.org/W2081753990","https://openalex.org/W2094749002","https://openalex.org/W2095271263","https://openalex.org/W2097315214","https://openalex.org/W2098039757","https://openalex.org/W2104920041","https://openalex.org/W2111637361","https://openalex.org/W2119369628","https://openalex.org/W2119608181","https://openalex.org/W2119819503","https://openalex.org/W2124611226","https://openalex.org/W2130339099","https://openalex.org/W2137278567","https://openalex.org/W2153722699","https://openalex.org/W2157628853","https://openalex.org/W2165137003","https://openalex.org/W2174213349","https://openalex.org/W2237163971","https://openalex.org/W2270992389","https://openalex.org/W2334108254","https://openalex.org/W2339182199","https://openalex.org/W2340035112","https://openalex.org/W2403976859","https://openalex.org/W2435481105","https://openalex.org/W2443380282","https://openalex.org/W2468885132","https://openalex.org/W2576604604","https://openalex.org/W2770819935","https://openalex.org/W2912753128","https://openalex.org/W2990150246","https://openalex.org/W3125030103","https://openalex.org/W4233228587","https://openalex.org/W4237639242","https://openalex.org/W4249055043","https://openalex.org/W4414064306"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1542033733","https://openalex.org/W2054940740","https://openalex.org/W6903755816","https://openalex.org/W2732547503","https://openalex.org/W2208452577","https://openalex.org/W4390062611","https://openalex.org/W2933581543","https://openalex.org/W61041802","https://openalex.org/W626448521","https://openalex.org/W36117359"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Much":[0],"scientometric":[1],"research":[2,11],"aims":[3],"to":[4,7,84],"be":[5],"relevant":[6],"policy,":[8],"but":[9],"such":[10],"only":[12],"rarely":[13],"has":[14],"a":[15],"notable":[16],"policy":[17,28,50,65,86],"impact.":[18],"In":[19],"this":[20],"paper,":[21],"we":[22],"examine":[23],"four":[24],"exemplary":[25],"cases":[26,36],"of":[27,33,41,47,60,67,75,90],"impact":[29],"from":[30],"quantitative":[31,88],"studies":[32,89],"science.":[34,91],"The":[35,70],"are":[37],"analyzed":[38],"in":[39,49,52,64],"light":[40],"lessons":[42,80],"learned":[43],"about":[44],"the":[45,61,76],"use":[46,66],"evidence":[48],"making":[51],"health":[53],"services,":[54],"which":[55,78],"provides":[56],"very":[57],"thorough":[58],"explorations":[59],"problems":[62],"inherent":[63],"academic":[68],"research.":[69],"analysis":[71],"highlights":[72],"key":[73],"dimensions":[74],"examples,":[77],"offer":[79],"for":[81],"those":[82],"aspiring":[83],"influence":[85],"with":[87]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2020-04-24T00:00:00"}