Section 3: Results by Fields of Research Code

22 Philosophy and Religious Studies

Philosophy and Religious Studies is comprised of the following four-digit codes:

2201 Applied Ethics
2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
2203 Philosophy
2204 Religion and Religious Studies
2299 Other Philosophy and Religious Studies

9 out of 24 two-digit UoEs and 27 out of 43 four-digit UoEs assessed were rated above world standard

FoR Overview

Philosophy and Religious Studies (22) contributed approximately two per cent of the research outputs to ERA 2015. Journal articles were the most common research output type (53 per cent) followed by book chapters (38 per cent). Philosophy (2203) and Religion and Religious Studies (2204) were the two largest sub-disciplines in terms of research outputs, research income and staffing levels. Applied Ethics (2201) was the only code that reported research commercialisation income.

Indicator	No.
Research outputs	6,619.1
Research income	$47,552,105
FTEs	616.8
Esteem count	118.1
Patents	-
Research commercialisation income	$40,895

Rating	Distribution
Rating	Two-digit	Four-digit
5	2	7
4	7	20
3	12	15
2	3	1
1	0	0
Total	24	43

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 Philosophy and Religious Studies 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: 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies shows assessed two-digit UoEs only.

Research outputs submitted by type

FoR code	Book	Book Chapter	Journal Article	Conference Paper	NTRO	Total
2201 Applied Ethics	42.9	343.7	746.6	45.3	3.3	1,181.8
2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields	53.0	356.2	519.7	30.5	1.0	960.5
2203 Philosophy	122.7	837.9	1,199.8	41.9	2.5	2,204.8
2204 Religion and Religious Studies	215.6	904.7	953.7	36.8	5.0	2,115.8
2299 Other Philosophy and Religious Studies	5.0	77.6	63.1	10.5	0.0	156.2
Total	439.2	2,520.1	3,483.0	164.9	11.8	6,619.1

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 Philosophy and Religious Studies - 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204 and 2299. Full details are outlined in the following table.

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
2201 Applied Ethics	1,937,079	2,940,949	2,770,546	7,648,574
2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields	3,099,607	3,398,581	3,102,999	9,601,187
2203 Philosophy	5,597,902	5,245,259	5,861,916	16,705,077
2204 Religion and Religious Studies	3,822,490	5,456,622	4,318,154	13,597,267
2299 Other Philosophy and Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Total	14,457,078	17,041,411	16,053,615	47,552,105

Staffing profile by academic level

FoR code	Level E	Level D	Level C	Level B	Level A	Other	Total
2201 Applied Ethics	13.8	10.9	23.0	38.8	7.4	6.7	100.5
2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields	14.2	11.2	27.6	20.6	8.9	4.3	86.8
2203 Philosophy	35.5	29.2	54.8	53.9	22.8	5.5	201.6
2204 Religion and Religious Studies	35.8	19.5	52.7	63.6	9.7	8.6	190.0
2299 Other Philosophy and Religious Studies	3.4	2.1	5.1	5.2	4.9	17.2	38.0
Total	102.7	73.0	163.2	182.0	53.6	42.3	616.8

Research commercialisation income by year ($)

FoR code	2011 ($)	Total ($)
2201 Applied Ethics	40,895	40,895
2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields	0	0
2203 Philosophy	0	0
2204 Religion and Religious Studies	0	0
2299 Other Philosophy and Religious Studies	0	0
Total	40,895	40,895