Book chapters

Requirements

The book must:

• meet the definition of research
• meet the requirements for books
• be published in 2012 to be claimed in the 2013 HERDC submission
• have been published by a commercial publisher  
• have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).

The book chapter itself must:

• meet the definition of research
• be offered for sale (for bound hard copies or packaged CD-ROMs)
• have an author who is affiliated with USQ.

The types of book chapters that may meet the criteria include:

• a scholarly introduction of chapter length to an edited volume, where the content of the introduction reports research and makes a substantial contribution to a defined area of knowledge
• a critical scholarly text of chapter length, e.g. in music, medieval or classical texts
• critical reviews of current research.

Unless they meet all of the criteria for inclusion, the following book chapters must be excluded:

• chapters in textbooks
• entries in reference books
• anthologies
• revisions of chapters in edited books
• forewords
• brief introductions
• brief editorials
• appendices
• literary or creative pieces such as collections of short stories
• translations (unless they have a major demonstrable original research component)

Verification material to be provided

• A copy of the complete book chapter
• Contents, preface and introduction
• Pages showing all bibliographic information (ISBN, title, editor, authors, publisher, all dates referring to copyright, publication, printing and distribution)
• If it is a new chapter in a revised edition, include also contents of previous edition if preface does not indicate that the chapter is new
• Evidence indicating research undertaken in author’s capacity as a staff member or student of USQ.

Source:

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

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