Research Impact Analyst - University, Canada - University Health Network

University Health Network

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University, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Full-time

Department: Research

Company Description:

The University Health Network, where "above all else the needs of patients come first", encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute of Education.

The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education.

With a long tradition of ground breaking firsts and a purpose of "Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning", the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,200 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers.

UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

University Health Network (UHN) is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network.

The scope of research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care.

Research across UHN's six research institutes spans the full spectrum of diseases and disciplines, including cancer, cardiovascular sciences, transplantation, neural and sensory sciences, musculoskeletal health, rehabilitation sciences, and community and population health.

Union:
Non-Union

Site:700 University Avenue

Department:
Research Analytics

Reports to:
Manager, Research Analytics

Grade:
N0:06

Work Model:
Hybrid

Hours:37.5 hours per week

Salary:
$64,974 to $81,218 Annually

Shifts:
Monday to Friday

Status:
Permanent Full-time

Closing Date:
June 11, 2024

The
Research Impact Analyst will work closely with the Manager, Research Analytics and other team members within UHN Research Solutions and Services.

Together, they will provide data, analyses, and tools to support strategic decisions and improve research impact at UHN.

Duties:

Gathering, analyzing, interpreting and reporting research performance data from publiclyavailable, thirdparty or internal data repositories. These data types include those related to research publications (e.g., bibliometric analyses), research funding (e.g., peerreviewed and nonpeerreviewed) and other measures of research productivity as required.
Develop and maintain internal libraries of measured data to consistently track research performance over time.
Support the development and maintenance of tools and resources to enable internal stakeholders to access tailored research performance data about the organization and its institutes/programs.
Maintaining the integrity of data in the Research Personnel Database and support special projects related to research performance.

Qualifications:

REQUIRED:

At least a Master's degree in health, biomedical sciences or biomedical engineering
At least one (1) year of experience working with large and complex data sets is required.
At least two (2) years of experience in research methodologies is required.
At least one (1) year of experience extracting, analyzing and interpreting data from bibliometric databases (e.g., Web of Science, Scopus) is required.
Knowledge of bibliometrics and other research impact measures
Demonstrated experience with bibliometrics data sources that have citation tracking capabilities (e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, altmetrics, patent databases)
Demonstrated experience with mathematical methods associated with metrics
Demonstrated skills with data management, manipulation, interpretation and analysis
Strong attention to details

ASSETS:

Knowledge of and/or experience with research metrics tools such as InCites and SciVal
Knowledge of issues related to researcher identification and experience using researcher profiling systems (e.g. Researcher ID, ORCID)
Information analysis and synthesis experience
Visual report and dashboard creation experience
Knowledge of metrics and related issues for stakeholders ranging from individual researchers up to and including institutions
Understanding of the issues related to appropriate use of bibliometrics tools, an awareness of the potential misuse of these tools and misinterpretation of the results
Demonstrated knowledge of basic and derivative metrics (publication counts, citation counts, hindex, journal or discipline normalized metrics, other index metrics)
Good understanding of citation analysis and network analysis (rationales & methodologies & limitations)
Experience working as a research impact librarian
Excellent communication skills: ability to converse articulately with research administrators and faculty members
Excellent written and verbal skills for teaching, troubleshooting, procedural documentation and demons