Indicators

ERA 2012

Citation supplier for ERA 2012

Scopus is the citation data supplier for the 2012 ERA Evaluation.  The ‘citation window’ is 1 January 2005 – 1 March 2012 inclusive.  For eligible articles published during the reference period, ERA 2012 will assess citations as recorded by Scopus as at 1 March 2012.

Source:  ERA 2012 Submission Guidelines. 
The document can be viewed in full under Resources - ERA Documents.

ERA 2010

The ARC uses a range of indicators and other proxies to support the evaluation of research excellence for ERA.  One of these indicators is discipline-specific tiered outlet rankings.  For information on journal rankings, a subset of tiered outlet rankings, see the Journal Lists menu item.  The five main data components of the ERA 2010 submission are listed below.

• Researchers
• Research Outputs
• Research Income
• Esteem Measures
• Applied Measures

Citation supplier for ERA 2010

Scopus is the citation data supplier for the 2010 ERA Evaluation.  Under an agreement with Scopus, the ARC will provide static citation counts and benchmarks used in ERA to submitting institutions post-evaluation.

Publication Tagging
In order for the ARC to process publication records for citation analysis, all publication outputs must be submitted with a Scopus unique article identifier (‘EID’). This allows the ARC to match the citation numbers for each publication outputs quickly and accurately post-submission.

In preparation for submission in 2010, institutions were required to submit the relevant EID for each paper published in a journal indexed by Scopus. To facilitate this, the ARC made arrangements for Scopus to undertake EID tagging for each of the submitting institutions similar to the 2009 tagging process.  Institutions dealt directly with Scopus, and the cost of the EID tagging was met by the ARC.

For further information on citation analysis for ERA, visit the ARC Citation Supplier website or see the ARC FAQs.

ERA 2009 Trial - Indicator documents

The ERA Indicators Consultation Paper (released 7 September 2009) and other documents relating to consultation and development of indicators for ERA (2009 Trial) can be found under ERA Documents.

ERA Indicator Principles.  The ERA Indicator Principles, released on 19 December 2008, provide the overall context and application of the indicator approach. ERA Indicator Descriptors.  The ERA Indicator Descriptors, released on 19 December 2008, provide the detail of each indicator type, and an example profile of how they will be presented in the dashboard to the Research Evaluation Committees (RECs). ERA Indicator Benchmark Methodology.  The ERA Indicator Benchmark Methodology, released on 24 April 2009, outlines the sources, dates and calculations used to derive benchmarks for the ERA trial.