Section 3: Results by Fields of Research Code

05 Environmental Sciences

Environmental Sciences is comprised of the following four-digit codes:

0501 Ecological Applications
0502 Environmental Science and Management
0503 Soil Sciences
0599 Other Environmental Sciences

26 out of 34 two-digit UoEs and 49 out of 53 four-digit UoEs assessed were rated above world standard

FoR Overview

Environmental Sciences (05) accounted for approximately two per cent of the research outputs submitted to ERA 2015. Journal articles comprised 74 per cent of the total research outputs submitted to Environmental Sciences, followed by book chapters (11 per cent). Environmental Science and Management (0502) is the largest sub-discipline in terms of research outputs, staffing levels, research income and research commercialisation income. Approximately two per cent of the patents submitted to ERA 2015 were in Environmental Sciences (05).

Indicator	No.
Research outputs	9,288.4
Research income	$418,507,503
FTEs	828.2
Esteem count	83.2
Patents	14.8
Research commercialisation income	$974,593

Rating	Distribution
Rating	Two-digit	Four-digit
5	9	31
4	17	18
3	6	2
2	1	1
1	1	1
Total	34	53

Number of UoEs per rating scale score

Stacked bar chart showing the total number of UoEs by rating scale score (i.e. ratings 1-5) for all four-digit Environmental Sciences codes. This chart includes data for two-digit and four-digit evaluations. Further details are located in each of the tables below the sub heading at the start of each four-digit code in this section.

Note: 05 Environmental Sciences shows assessed two-digit UoEs only.

Research outputs submitted by type

FoR code	Book	Book Chapter	Journal Article	Conference Paper	NTRO	Total
0501 Ecological Applications	19.1	134.8	1,254.2	86.1	26.4	1,520.5
0502 Environmental Science and Management	69.1	733.7	3,802.8	571.9	285.4	5,462.9
0503 Soil Sciences	0.5	104.2	1,167.2	201.8	1.0	1,474.7
0599 Other Environmental Sciences	3.5	70.7	684.4	65.2	6.5	830.3
Total	92.1	1,043.4	6,908.6	925.0	319.3	9,288.4

Research income by year-all categories ($)

Stacked bar chart showing total research income for all HERDC income categories by year for 2011, 2012, and 2013 for each four-digit code in Environmental Sciences - 0501, 0502, 0503 and 0599. Full details are outlined in the following table.

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
0501 Ecological Applications	20,823,143	23,036,619	21,570,877	65,430,639
0502 Environmental Science and Management	106,378,183	96,063,050	107,669,585	310,110,818
0503 Soil Sciences	12,020,506	13,035,704	14,203,218	39,259,428
0599 Other Environmental Sciences	1,426,389	1,322,866	957,363	3,706,618
Total	140,648,221	133,458,239	144,401,043	418,507,503

Staffing profile by academic level

FoR code	Level E	Level D	Level C	Level B	Level A	Other FTE	Total
0501 Ecological Applications	16.4	12.3	27.6	31.0	32.6	22.2	142.2
0502 Environmental Science and Management	79.2	64.4	99.0	130.7	76.9	49.4	499.5
0503 Soil Sciences	14.5	10.8	23.6	25.2	32.4	8.0	114.4
0599 Other Environmental Sciences	3.7	2.8	9.8	26.5	18.6	10.6	72.0
Total	113.9	90.2	160.0	213.4	160.5	90.2	828.2

Patent profile

FoR code	Australia	USA	Japan	Other International	Total
0501 Ecological Applications	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0502 Environmental Science and Management	1.0	2.3	0.6	5.8	9.7
0503 Soil Sciences	0.5	0.5	0.0	4.1	5.1
0599 Other Environmental Sciences	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	1.5	2.8	0.6	9.9	14.8

Research commercialisation income by year ($)

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
0501 Ecological Applications	3,057	0	0	3,057
0502 Environmental Science and Management	193,634	272,783	282,749	749,166
0503 Soil Sciences	105,173	105,213	11,984	222,370
0599 Other Environmental Sciences	0	0	0	0
Total	301,864	377,996	294,733	974,593