absence has virtually no effect on the rating given to a unit of evaluation. The one exception to this is the research income indicator. At the final meeting of the research evaluation committee, the committee may decide to increase a rating of a unit of evaluation where it is considered to sit on the boundary between two ratings and the income is exceptional.
Further information is in Appendix B.
Issues to be explored
Q3.19
The volume and activity indicators are still relevant to ERA. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. The publishing profile indicator is still relevant to ERA. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. The research income indicators are still relevant to ERA. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer.
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Q3.21
Q3.22
The applied measures are still relevant to ERA:
a. Patents. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. b. Research commercialisation income. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. c. Registered designs. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. d. Plant breeder’s rights. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. e. NHMRC endorsed guidelines. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer.
3.3.6 ERA rating scale ERA uses expert review of research quality indicators to provide ratings for individual units of evaluation. The ERA ratings are scaled 1 to 5, with 1 being well below world standard and 5 being well above world standard. ‘World Standard’ refers to a quality standard. It does not refer to the nature or geographical scope of particular subjects, or to the focus of research nor its place of dissemination. The ratings are bandings, meaning that a range of performance can be recognised within a single rating. Descriptors for each rating band in ERA are at Appendix C. Over the four rounds of ERA there has been an improvement in the ratings of units of evaluation at both the broad discipline and the specific discipline level. The rating improvements over ERA rounds for units of evaluation at the specific discipline level are shown in Figure 1.
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