Guide to the Report
- Home
- Minister's Foreword
- CEO's FOreword
- Abbreviations
- Guide to the Report
- Introduction
- Objectives of ERA
- Use of Information from ERA
- Definition of Research
- Fields of Research (FoR) Codes
- ERA 2015 Reference Periods
- ERA 2015 Evaluation Process
- ERA 2015 Discipline Clusters
- ERA 2015 Indicators
- Unit of Evaluation
- Low Volume Threshold
- ERA Rating Scale
- Additional Reporting for ERA 2015
- Key ERA 2015 Documents
- Use of the ERA National Report
- Section 1 ERA 2015 National Overview
- Research Quality
- Assessed Units of Evaluation
- National ERA Volume at a Glance
- Comparison of ERA 2010, ERA 2012 and ERA 2015
- Percentage Contribution to the National Landscape
- Discipline Growth
- Multi-disciplinary Research
- Contribution by Employment Level
- Non-Traditional Research Outputs
- Employment Function
- Contribution of Non-salaried Staff
- Co-authorship by ERA Authors
- Patents and Applied Income Sources
- Additional Reporting on ERA 2015
- Diversity within Institutions
- Gender
- Open Access
- Section 2 Overview by Two-digit Fields of Research Code
- Research Outputs
- HERDC Research Income Summary (All Categories)
- HERDC Category 1 — Australian Competitive Grants Research Income
- HERDC Category 2 — Other Public Sector Research Income
- HERDC Category 3 — Industry and Other Research Income
- HERDC Category 4 — CRC Research Income
- FTE Staffing Profile
- Esteem Measures
- Patents Granted
- Registered Designs
- Plant Breeder’s Rights
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Endorsed Guidelines
- Research Commercialisation Income
- Section 3 Results by Fields of Research Code
- 01 Mathematical Sciences
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 03 Chemical Sciences
- 04 Earth Sciences
- 05 Environmental Sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
- 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
- 08 Information and Computing Sciences
- 09 Engineering
- 0901 Aerospace Engineering
- 0902 Automotive Engineering
- 0903 Biomedical Engineering
- 0904 Chemical Engineering
- 0905 Civil Engineering
- 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 0907 Environmental Engineering
- 0908 Food Sciences
- 0909 Geomatic Engineering
- 0910 Manufacturing Engineering
- 0911 Maritime Engineering
- 0912 Materials Engineering
- 0913 Mechanical Engineering
- 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
- 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
- 0999 Other Engineering
- 10 Technology
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences
- 1101 Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics
- 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
- 1104 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- 1105 Dentistry
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science
- 1107 Immunology
- 1108 Medical Microbiology
- 1109 Neurosciences
- 1110 Nursing
- 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
- 1113 Ophthalmology and Optometry
- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
- 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 1116 Medical Physiology
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
- 12 Built Environment and Design
- 13 Education
- 14 Economics
- 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
- 16 Studies in Human Society
- 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- 18 Law and Legal Studies
- 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
- 20 Language, Communication and Culture
- 21 History and Archaeology
- 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Section 4 National profiles by fields of research code
- Research Outputs by Type
- Research Outputs by Year
- HERDC Category 1 – Australian Competitive Grants Research Income
- HERDC Category 2 – Other Public Sector Research Income
- HERDC Category 3 – Industry and Other Research Income
- HERDC Category 3 – Industry and Other Research Income (Australian)
- HERDC Category 3 – Industry and Other Research Income (International A)
- HERDC Category 3 – Industry and Other Research Income (International B)
- HERDC Category 4 – CRC Research Income
- Staffing Profile
- Esteem
- Patents Granted
- Registered Designs
- Plant Breeder’s Rights
- NHMRC Endorsed Guidelines
- Research Commercialisation Income
- Section 5 ERA 2015 institution report
- 01 Mathematical Sciences
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 03 Chemical Sciences
- 04 Earth Sciences
- 05 Environmental Sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
- 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
- 08 Information and Computing Sciences
- 09 Engineering
- 10 Technology
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences
- 12 Built Environment and Design
- 13 Education
- 14 Economics
- 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
- 16 Studies in Human Society
- 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- 18 Law and Legal Studies
- 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
- 20 Language, Communication and Culture
- 21 History and Archaeology
- 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Glossary and appendices