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Promotion and Tenure Resources

Promotion & Tenure Resource Guide
This guide is intended to provide resources useful to individuals who need to evaluate research and its impact.
Documenting Impact & Increasing Visibility
Provides examples and tutorials for documenting and improving the visibility and impact of your research.
Journal Evaluation Tools
This guide is intended to be helpful to someone trying to identify quality journals in their discipline. It covers journal rankings, acceptance and rejection rates, and links out to information on predatory journals and open access.
Atmetrics
A guide to using alternative metrics beyond traditional citations to document the impact of your research.

The Conversation
The Conversation has been around since 2015, starting in Australia, and publishes readable, accessible articles for the general public written by academic experts. ISU recently became an institutional member. Use the search box to find articles of interest. e.g., Advertising, Public Relations, e.t.c.,
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A news outlet dedicated to covering colleges and universities and providing access to real-time news with deep insight.
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
"Our mission is to change the face of power in the Academy. By developing, connecting and empowering the next wave of academic leaders, we can strengthen the higher education system and improve the academic experience for all."

Open Scholarship Resources
Information about all of ISU's initiatives for open access, open data, open education, and open publishing.
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University provides free and open access to scholarly and creative works, research, publications and reports by Iowa State's faculty, students, staff and administrative units.