Section 3: Results by Fields of Research Code

03 Chemical Sciences

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

0301 Analytical Chemistry
0302 Inorganic Chemistry
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry
0305 Organic Chemistry
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
0399 Other Chemical Sciences

19 out of 26 two-digit UoEs and 79 out of 94 four-digit UoEs assessed were rated above world standard

FoR Overview

Chemical Sciences (03) accounted for approximately four per cent of research outputs submitted to ERA 2015. Journal articles were the predominant research output type. Almost 10 per cent of the patents submitted to ERA 2015 were assigned to the Chemical Sciences. Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry (0304) and Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) (0306) showed the highest staffing levels and research income. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (0307) contributed the most research commercialisation income.

Indicator	No.
Research outputs	15,288.8
Research income	$335,252,137
FTEs	1,333.9
Esteem count	209.5
Patents	92.9
Research commercialisation income	$4,158,444

Rating	Distribution
Rating	Two-digit	Four-digit
5	6	39
4	13	40
3	7	15
2	0	0
1	0	0
Total	26	94

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 Chemical 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: 03 Chemical Sciences shows assessed two-digit UoEs only.

Research outputs submitted by type

FoR code	Book	Book Chapter	Journal Article	Conference Paper	NTRO	Total
0301 Analytical Chemistry	2.0	71.6	1,763.4	60.4	0.0	1,897.3
0302 Inorganic Chemistry	1.0	34.4	1,901.8	19.0	0.0	1,956.2
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry	5.6	72.2	2,027.0	131.3	0.5	2,236.5
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry	1.0	77.5	1,940.2	27.1	0.0	2,045.9
0305 Organic Chemistry	0.0	51.0	1,726.4	11.5	0.0	1,788.9
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)	2.5	75.3	3,384.1	135.5	0.0	3,597.4
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	1.0	25.5	885.8	21.8	0.0	934.1
0399 Other Chemical Sciences	3.0	48.3	733.8	47.5	0.0	832.6
Total	16.1	455.7	14,362.5	454.1	0.5	15,288.8

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 Chemical Sciences - 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307 and 0399. Full details are outlined in the following table.

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
0301 Analytical Chemistry	15,031,114	14,185,840	12,436,886	41,653,841
0302 Inorganic Chemistry	9,545,438	10,794,724	10,370,406	30,710,568
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry	17,222,517	20,444,515	17,409,894	55,076,926
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry	22,281,634	29,196,075	25,832,156	77,309,865
0305 Organic Chemistry	12,283,906	12,279,874	12,423,681	36,987,461
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)	23,449,160	25,928,450	26,610,928	75,988,538
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	4,482,523	5,324,966	5,554,250	15,361,739
0399 Other Chemical Sciences	464,371	924,176	774,652	2,163,199
Total	104,760,664	119,078,619	111,412,854	335,252,137

Staffing profile by academic level

FoR code	Level E	Level D	Level C	Level B	Level A	Other FTE	Total
0301 Analytical Chemistry	22.4	19.1	31.4	31.7	35.2	27.8	167.6
0302 Inorganic Chemistry	22.4	20.6	20.0	22.8	34.3	24.7	144.9
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry	18.9	11.5	21.7	36.6	49.0	19.1	156.7
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry	26.3	25.2	28.0	55.6	86.0	42.8	263.9
0305 Organic Chemistry	18.4	19.8	24.1	32.9	57.4	18.9	171.6
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)	46.3	26.8	41.3	46.0	50.3	20.3	231.1
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	14.6	4.9	10.5	18.8	11.8	10.3	71.0
0399 Other Chemical Sciences	8.6	4.5	20.2	26.0	39.7	28.2	127.2
Total	177.9	132.5	197.2	270.3	363.8	192.1	1,333.9

Patent profile

FoR code	Australia	USA	Europe	Japan	Other International	Total
0301 Analytical Chemistry	3.0	4.7	0.0	0.4	1.0	9.1
0302 Inorganic Chemistry	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry	3.4	8.1	2.9	2.0	16.5	32.9
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry	3.3	6.0	2.5	2.0	5.5	19.3
0305 Organic Chemistry	1.7	2.7	1.5	0.0	1.0	6.9
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)	6.3	4.6	2.3	1.8	8.2	23.3
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0399 Other Chemical Sciences	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Total	17.7	27.5	9.2	6.2	32.2	92.9

Research commercialisation income by year ($)

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
0301 Analytical Chemistry	156,455	67,406	2,814	226,674
0302 Inorganic Chemistry	394,966	0	0	394,966
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry	0	0	0	0
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry	539,827	208,730	238,550	987,107
0305 Organic Chemistry	0	5,042	0	5,042
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)	889,011	157,804	114,392	1,161,207
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	511,865	65,920	805,662	1,383,448
0399 Other Chemical Sciences	0	0	0	0
Total	2,492,124	504,903	1,161,417	4,158,444