Publications Data Collection

Each year, the Office of Research and Higher Degrees (ORHD) organises and oversees the collection of data relating to a wide range of publications by research staff and students undertaken in the preceding calendar year.

The objective of this annual collection is to:

• understand the scope of research activities undertaken at USQ
   
• publish the findings in USQ ePrints 
   
• comply with the requirements of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC), which determines allocations of research funding for Internal Research Grants and the Research Training Scheme (RTS).

Publication categories

USQ collects information on various publication categories, however only four of these categories enables the University to receive Commonwealth funding. Publications that do not meet the specifications for DEEWR categories will be included in USQ ePrints.

It is the responsibility of each faculty and section to collate the publications produced by their staff and students and forward the findings to the ORHD using the following guidelines and forms.

Category	DEST required categories		Form
Books	A1 - Authored research book	checklist	Book (DOC 77 kb)
Book chapters	B - Chapters in research books	checklist	Chapter (DOC 78 kb)
Journal articles	C1 - Refereed research journal article	checklist	Journal (DOC 75kb)
Conference publications	E1 - Refereed research conference publication	checklist	Conference (DOC 80 kb)
Other performance indicators	For faculties, not a DEEWR requirement		Other Output (DOC 67)

Field of Research (FoR) codes

FoR codes are available through the ANZSRC document to assist you in categorising publications according to the field of research undertaken.

Submission timelines

Please submit all 2009 publication data to your Faculty Research Office by close of business on Friday 30 April 2010.

Further enquiries

Further enquiries relating to the collection of publications data, should be directed to Office of Research and Higher Degrees email: vijaya@usq.edu.au