Publications Collection

Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)

The HERDC is the annual collection of statistics from Australian universities about research output and income. It is currently collected by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

Research Publications Collections: Objectives

The objective is to collect data on the University’s publications:

to comply with the requirements of the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC).
to provide data for Strategy and Planning.
to provide data for research committees and research management.
to supplement the collection of research and scholarship from members of the University of Adelaide for Adelaide Research and Scholarship.
to be used in Group of 8 Universities comparative statistics for research performance.

Support Material

Publications Collection Manual for Publications Coordinators (rtf, pdf)
Publications Collection Pro forma for submission to Research Branch (rtf, pdf).
Author affiliation statement (rtf, pdf).

Australian & New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC):

Fields of Research (FOR) codes allows R&D activity to be categorised according to the methodology used in the R&D.
Socio Economic Objective (SEO) codes allow R&D activity to be categorised according to the intended purpose or outcome of the research.

Key Collection Milestones

31 March	All publications submitted to Research Branch
2 June	Research Branch quality assurance and analysis to meet submission requirements
30 June	HERDC submission

Useful Links

ISI Web of Science Current Contents
Search for journal articles by author, year or journal title in the online database. Coverage includes complete bibliographic information from journal articles.

Scopus
Search for journal articles by author, year or journal title in this online database of research literature with over 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers.

Google scholar
Search for scholarly literature by author or title.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Search for journals, those listed "Refereed: Yes" are considered to have met HERDC peer review requirements.

Thomson Reuters Scientific
Search for Journals.

Adelaide Research & Scholarship
Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) is the University of Adelaide's institutional digital repository.

Register of Refereed Journals
The Register of Refereed Journals - Please note that the current is at February 2006.

Register of Commercial Publishers
The Register of Commercial Publishers. Please note that the current is at December 2005.

Higher Education Research Data Collection - Specifications
· Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) Specifications for publication and income
· Information regarding the determination of allocations to universities under the Research Training Scheme, the Institutional Grants Scheme, the Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme.

Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative is developed by the Australian Research Council (ARC) in conjunction with the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR). ERA is a research quality assurance system using a combination of metrics and expert review.

GO8 - Benchmarking and statistics (Executive dashbord)
Provides comparisons between the eight member universities over time for several key indicators of performance.

Contacts

Address all mail using full address to:

Sue Delaine
Research Branch
Level 7, 115 Grenfell Street
The University of Adelaide SA 5005
Australia

Name	Position	Phone
Sue Delaine	Publications and Finance Officer	8303 3340
Donna Holloway	Publications and Data Entry Officer	8303 3789
Julie Blake	Manager, Data Policy and Management	8303 4992