Transcript 2007 DEST Research Publications

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ERA Update
January 2009
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Excellence in Research for Australia
(ERA) Initiative
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Developed by the Australian Research Council (ARC) in consultation with National
Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Department of Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research (DIISR) and the Indicators Development Group (IDG).
“…aims to identify and promote excellence across the full spectrum of research
activity, including discovery and applied research, in Australia’s higher education
institutions.”
• Compare Australia’s university research efforts against international benchmarks
• Create incentives for improving the quality of research
• Identify emerging research areas and opportunities for further development
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How?
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Across eight clusters of disciplines (four digit FOR codes) the evaluation of:
•Indicators of research quality – ranked outlets, citation analysis and peer-reviewed
research income
•Indicators of research volume and activity – total research outputs and research
income
•Indicators of recognition – esteem measures
•Indicators of research application – research commercialisation income and other
applied measures
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Clusters
•Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences (PCE)
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•Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA)
•Engineering and Environmental Sciences (EE)
•Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences (SBE)
•Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences (MIC)
•Biological Sciences and Biotechnology (BSB)
•Biomedical and Clinical Research (BCR)
•Public and Allied Health and Health Services (PAHHS)
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PCE
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Discipline
ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, NUCLEAR, PARTICLE AND PLASMA PHYSICS
CLASSICAL PHYSICS
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
OPTICAL PHYSICS
QUANTUM PHYSICS
OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL)
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
OTHER CHEMICAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGY
GEOPHYSICS
OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE
OTHER EARTH SCIENCES
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HCA
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ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
OTHER BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN
LAW
MAORI LAW
OTHER LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES
ART THEORY AND CRITICISM
FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA
JOURNALISM AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
PERFORMING ARTS AND CREATIVE WRITING
VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS
OTHER STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
CULTURAL STUDIES
LANGUAGE STUDIES
LINGUISTICS
LITERARY STUDIES
OTHER LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
ARCHAEOLOGY
CURATORIAL AND RELATED STUDIES
HISTORICAL STUDIES
OTHER HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
APPLIED ETHICS
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SPECIFIC FIELDS
PHILOSOPHY
RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
OTHER PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
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FOR-08
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Field of Research (FOR-08) Codes are the hierarchical classification of research set
out by the Australian and New Zealand Standards of Research Classifications.
For example:
03 – Chemical Sciences
-0301 – Analytical Chemistry
- 030101 – Analytical Spectrometry
- 030102 – Electroanalytical Chemistry
- 0302 – Inorganic Chemistry
- 030201 – Bioinorganic Chemistry
- 030202 – f-Block Chemistry
ERA requires all researchers and research outputs to be assigned to a four digit FOR
code (no more than three per output or against individual researchers).
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FOR-08 (continued)
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QUT has been collecting RFCD codes for many years. These were able to be
translated to FOR-08 codes (based on a conversion table provided by the ABS).
Approx. 3000 publications and grants which fall into the ERA submission group are
still needing FOR-08 codes.
Research Data and Platform team providing a “best fit” to researchers for signoff
shortly.
Essential moving forward that everything is assigned a correct FOR-08 code.
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So Far…
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We have:
• Participated in trials
• Provided feedback on behalf of QUT and the ATN
• Successfully uploaded data via the SEER system
• Been diligent about collecting data
• Contributed to the ranked journal list
• Developed the Research Activity Database so researchers can be more active in
recording their research outputs
• Commenced work with ePrints to ensure publications are stored in a central
repository
• Worked to collect Pre-QUT research outputs from eligible researchers who meet
the census date (at QUT on March 31 2008)
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The Scope
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ERA Team released their Draft ERA Submission Guidelines for Clusters One and Two
and the SEER Technical Specifications in late January.
We have a few weeks to prepare a comment to these draft documents.
Assuming the Draft version will not significantly change, we are looking at…
• Submission of both PCE and HCA clusters
• Submission in late April-early May
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The Scope (continued)
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Measure Types:
• Research Outputs (2002-2007)
oA1, B, C1, E1 (for both PCE and HCA)
oHCA specific – visual art, textual work (novels, art reviews etc), live performances, recorded performances, exhibitions
or events
• Esteem Measures (2005-2007)
oEditorial role of A* or A ranked journal,
oContribution to a prestigious work of reference
oCuratorial role of a prestigious event
oElected fellowship of a learned academy
oRecipient of a nationally competitive research fellowship or of a prestigious prize or award
• Research Income (2005-2007)
oHERDC income as already reported
• Applied Measures (2005-2007)
oPatents, registered designs and research commercialisation income
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Evaluation
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PCE will be measured by metrics such as citations data, journal rankings etc –
quantitative indicators which are relevant to the discipline.
HCA will be also be measured according to quantitative information by also by
peer review.
Each HEP will be asked to submit a 20% sample to the ARC via an institutionally
supported repository (ePrints) for peer review. Thus we need to make sure
that these are entered into ePrints accordingly.
ePrints can support many format types (including video and image) and will
also be used to store supporting context statements required to accompany
each piece.
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Submission Process
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Submission is done via the SEER systems (ERA’s supporting IT system).
QUT has developed a system which pulls data from RAD (QCR) and exports it in a format
which is uploaded to SEER. Base publications data MUST be entered in RM to populate
RAD!
The ARC will then append bibliometric data (including citation information from external
citation data supplier) to the submission and then begin breaking down the submissions
into Units of Evaluations (assigning tasks to expert reviewers and peer reviewers).
Peer reviewers will access our sample of research outputs via the ePrints repository.
Once final evaluation outcomes for each Unit of Evaluation are agreed upon, the ARC will
be provided with a report.
The ARC will then publically release the outcomes aggregated to a national level.
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What your researchers
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• Keep up to date with ERA announcements
• Consider which journals and conferences they submit your research to
• Ensure all publications are put on to QUT ePrints
• Ensure all HCA specific research outputs are entered on ResearchMaster
• Develop your Category 1 grants profile
• Collaborate with international researchers
• Check their research profile in RAD
• Start collating information around their Esteem Factors and adding this to RAD
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More Information
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Government Website  www.arc.gov.au/era
Office of Research website  www.research.qut.edu.au
Tricia King – Coordinator  [email protected] x82861
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