Books

Requirements

• meets the definition of research
• published in 2012 to be claimed in the 2013 HERDC submission
• must be a major work of scholarship
• bound or packaged and must be offered for sale (for bound hardcopies or packaged CD-ROMs)
• must have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• must be written entirely by a single author, or by joint authors who share responsibility for the whole book
• mainly previously unpublished material, making a substantial contribution to knowledge
• must have been published by a commercial publisher
• the author must be affiliated with USQ

The types of books that may meet the criteria include:

• critical scholarly texts (e.g. music, medieval or classical texts)
• new interpretations of historical events
• new ideas or perspectives based on established research findings.

The types of books that do not meet the criteria include:

• textbooks
• anthologies
• edited books
• creative works such as novels
• translations (unless they have a major demonstrable original research component)
• revisions or new editions
• manuals and handbooks
• books only published electronically.

Verification material to be provided

• Contents, preface and introduction
• Pages showing all bibliographic information (ISBN, title, author(s), publisher, all dates referring to copyright, publication, printing and distribution)
• Evidence indicating research was undertaken in author’s capacity as a staff member or student of USQ.
• If affiliation is not listed on the publication you will need to provide alternative material
• Further evidence may be required to confirm the information if the above extracts are unable to provide the necessary confirmation.

Source:

2012 HERDC specifications for the collection of 2011 data (PDF 312KB), Research Funding and Policy Branch, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and Tertiary Education, Australian Government.

* NOTE: These files are in Portable Document Format (PDF) which requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader. A free copy of Acrobat Reader may be obtained from Adobe. Users who are unable to access information in PDF should contact herdc@usq.edu.au to obtain this information in an alternative format.