Introduction

Additional Reporting for ERA 2015

Gender Data

Institutions were required to submit gender data for each eligible researcher. Gender data was used for aggregate reporting and analysis purposes only. This data was not made available to peer reviewers or Research Evaluation Committees (RECs) and did not form part of the evaluation process.

Open Access

Institutions were required to state whether a research output is available in an open access repository. Open access data was used for aggregate reporting and analysis purposes only. This data was not made available to peer reviewers or Research Evaluation Committees (RECs) and did not form part of the evaluation process.

For the purpose of ERA 2015, an open access repository is as per the ARC’s Open Access Policy. See: arc.gov.au/arc-open-access-policy.

New Category of Non-Traditional Research Outputs

There is a new category of non-traditional research outputs for ERA 2015, entitled ‘research report for an external body’. It consists of four subcategories of reports: Public Sector; Industry; Not-For-Profit; and Other.

Non-traditional research outputs (NTROs) only apply to some disciplines. The exception is the NTRO category ‘research reports for an external body’ which applies to all disciplines. However, for citation disciplines, while ‘research reports for an external body’ form part of the publishing profile they do not form part of the citation analysis information. In addition, ‘research reports for an external body’ submitted within citation fields of research will not be eligible for peer review.

Further detail on the changes to the submission guidelines for ERA 2015 can be found in the ERA 2015 Submission Guidelines.