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About Impact JournalFor contributors
IMPACT publishes empirical work, methods and reflective practice on how evidence gets used. You don’t need a university affiliation: all are welcome as authors and reviewers.
For organizations
Don’t build another repository nobody can find. We co-edit special issues with organizations that hold evidence on research use, and give it a permanent home on Sage.
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Issue 01 | November 2026
What counts as impact?
Congressional staff and what they actually read. Funder boards that want proof. Brokers in health ministries.
Read editorialUse is not impact. How do we know when evidence changed a decision?
Why promising programs stall between pilot and system.
Where AI tools help knowledge teams, and where they mislead.
