Kudos

Kudos (GrowKudos) is a research communication platform that helps authors explain, share, and measure the impact of their scholarly work. It provides tools to translate complex research into accessible language, distribute it across channels, and track how audiences engage with it. Ideal for labs, institutions, and authors who want to ensure that their work reaches—and resonates with—a wider audience.

What Kudos Offers

• A space to create plain-language summaries of research papers
• Tools to highlight key findings, significance, and applications
• Sharing features that distribute research across:
  • Social media
  • Email
  • Academic networks
  • Project pages
• Metrics dashboards showing:
  • Views
  • Clicks
  • Shares
  • Altmetric-style engagement indicators

Why It’s Useful for Researchers

1. Makes research understandable

Many stakeholders—policy-makers, journalists, funders, and the public—struggle with technical abstracts.
Kudos helps researchers translate findings into clear, accessible narratives.

2. Improves discoverability

By promoting research proactively, authors increase:

• Article traffic
• Citation potential
• Public visibility
• Cross-disciplinary reach

3. Supports grant and impact reporting

Kudos provides engagement analytics that researchers can use in:

• Grant applications
• Progress reports
• Impact assessments
• Institutional evaluations

4. Helps labs build a communication strategy

Labs can consolidate summaries, project pages, and outreach activities in one place.

Strengths

• Simple interface for summarising and promoting research
• Integrated metrics that show real engagement
• Helps bridge the gap between scientists and the broader public
• Strengthens research visibility beyond journals and conferences
• Useful for early-career researchers building an impact footprint

Limitations

• Depends on authors actively updating their project pages
• Metrics can be shallow unless paired with deeper analytics
• Not a substitute for formal public relations or media outreach
• Works best when combined with effort from authors and institutions