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Excellence in Research for Australia ERA - a brief update

Excellence in Research for Australia ERA - a brief update. Professor Alan Lawson Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & International). General ERA Principles. Units of Evaluation: Fields of Research (FoR): 4-digit (157 u nits) & at 2-digit level (22 units)

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Excellence in Research for Australia ERA - a brief update

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  1. Excellence in Research for Australia ERA - a brief update Professor Alan Lawson Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & International)

  2. General ERA Principles • Units of Evaluation: Fields of Research (FoR): 4-digit (157 units) & at 2-digit level (22 units) • Evaluation by Research Evaluation Committees in 8 discipline clusters • Minimum level of output for a discipline to be considered ‘research active’ for evaluation in ERA • 50 if citations used; 30 if not (books = 5) • Evaluations informed by a ‘dashboard‘ of discipline-specific indicators • Peer review of <20% of outputs in some FoRs accessed through institutional repositories Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  3. Data to be submitted • All Research Outputs published 2003-08 (incl.) by: -- all eligible staff who were at UQ on 31.03.09 -- casuals, honoraries, adjuncts if they have research outputs with UQ in by-line) • Applied Measures {2006-08 for all eligible staff • Esteem Measures {who were @ UQ on 31.3.09 • All audited Research Income received by UQ 2006-08 > 50,000 research outputs <0.5 million coded data elements approx. 5,000 reportable researchers Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  4. ERA 2010 – new features • Clarification of researcher eligibility requirements - separate category for casuals • Esteem indicators added (many discipline-specific) • Applied measures (Plant Breeder’s Rights, NHMRC Guidelines) • Ranked Conferences (some disciplines) • Will apportion FoRs for most indicators: in Trial, papers = 100% in each assigned Field. • Can nominate FoR for peer-reviewed outputs ERA 2010 Submission Guidelines – complex but well-organised {www. Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  5. ERA 2010 – use of the results • Evaluations will be public forall 2 & 4-digit fields – by institution and nationally • Massive impact on reputation, recruitment, retention • SRE: ERA will drive performance component; SRE funding is contingent on ERA participation. • Research Block Grants – Govt will consult us on how RBGs can be linked to ERA results Presentation for VC’s Workshop 24 February 2010

  6. Ranked research outlets Now finalised for this ERA Round Ranked & Coded Journal List – 20,712 journals Rankings: A* - 5%; A -15%; B - 27%; C - 52%; NR - 1% FoR Codes: - 33% of UQ pubs are in journals that have 1 (fixed) FoR allocated [but 67% of all journals have 1 FoR] - 67% are in journals with 2 or 3 Fields or classified multi-disciplinary. • We can assign & apportion <3 FoR codes Ranked Conference List –1,952 conf. proceedings Where applicable, Relative Citations will be more important than Journal Ranking Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  7. What’s been happening….. • All UQ staff supplied details of their pubs → 7,000 ‘missing’ publications + >10,000 corrections were logged • ERA Team & ERA Steering Committee established • UQ ERA - www.uq.edu.au/research/era {UQ login only} • Academic Cluster Leaders; Cluster Expert Groups. • 48 Evaluation Committee nominations submitted to ARC • Income data being collected & assigned • ERAdactl 2 developed to collect esteem & applied measures • System development to enable data modellingto ensure submission reflects UQ’s strengths Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  8. ERAdactl 2 Staff will be asked to supply new information in ERAdactl 2 between March 8 – 28 • Esteem measures (e.g. member of academy) • Applied measures (e.g. patents, designs) • Final check of pubs (esp. for non-FT staff) • Other prestigious awards/prizes, significant commissions etc – for Background Statements Where possible, we’ll extract from other sources We’ll collect/record them systematically in future Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  9. What’s next • Initial FoR code assignment to research outputs • FoR code apportionment to: • research outputs (approx. 65% of cases) • eligible staff and other submission data • Pubs selected for peer review + research statements prepared for ‘creative works’ (some FoRs) • Data review & analysis – optimisation • 2-pp. Background Statements for 22 x 2-digit FoRs • Submission phase is technically complex – frequent verification/validation (starts 1 June) Presentation for VC's Workshop 24 February 2010

  10. What you can do to help • Adhere to & enforce the timelines (they’re TIGHT!) • Support Cluster Leaders, Expert Reference Groups, Assoc Deans (R), & ERA Team ERA has made us think about our research practices & quality of our research data • Legacymust be utterly reliable “auto”-updateable Research Management Information that is integratable with Portfolios, Workloads, SBPF, etc Presentation for VC’s Workshop 24 February 2010

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