Communicating geomorphology: An empirical evaluation of the discipline's impact and visibility

Lucy Clarke; Daniel Schillereff; Emma Shuttleworth

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Communicating geomorphology: An empirical evaluation of the discipline's impact and visibility

Lucy Clarke^*, Daniel Schillereff, Emma Shuttleworth

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Abstract

Concern among geomorphologists that the discipline's visibility and impact are becoming suppressed are reflected in a series of recent Earth Surface Exchanges (ESEX) commentaries by Tooth et al. This paper from the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) Communicating Geomorphology Fixed-Term Working Group (FTWG) reports initial findings from an online survey of BSG members alongside an empirical assessment of the term's prominence in academic output: international peer-reviewed journals, undergraduate Geoscience degrees in world-leading institutions and the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) impact statements. Our observations indicate the scientific standing of the discipline has been retained but the term itself is less widely utilised and we offer a series of suggestions actionable by the geomorphology community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1148–1152
Journal	EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
Volume	42
Issue number	7
Early online date	3 Apr 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4129
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2017

Keywords

Academia
Communication
Geomorphology
Impact
Perception

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