Distinguished Health Sciences Information Specialist Advancing Research Impact Assessment
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University of MichiganJudith (Judy) Smith is a Health Sciences Informationist at the University of Michigan's Taubman Health Sciences Library, where she specializes in health policy and health services research. After earning her BA in English from the University of Michigan and MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, she established herself as an expert in research impact assessment and health policy information services. Her work focuses on supporting the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the Center for Health and Research Transformation, and the Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health. Smith has made significant contributions to developing research impact metrics and assessment tools, co-leading the Research Impact Core initiative launched in 2017 to enhance understanding of citation metrics and alternative research impact measures