Research performance

The University is required to report research activity to the Federal Government annually through the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) and through the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) process. Various Engagement and Impact Submissions also contain or reference these outputs.

Research activity is also considered in Research Workload Allocations, Academic Promotions as well as Centre, individual and Institutional reporting.

The Researcher Dashboard is your new go-to tool for tracking and managing your research profile. Whether you're checking your own progress or exploring university-wide insights, the dashboard makes it easy.

Key features include:

  • View your FoR (Field of Research) codes and researcher IDs as recorded in IRMA
  • Monitor your research funding and grant applications
  • Stay on top of your research outputs and citation metrics
  • Discover research partnerships and explore potential collaborators

The following are pages that you can navigate (from the left-hand side menu):

  • Researcher Information:
    • Check if Researcher identifiers (ORCID, ScopusID, WoS Researcher ID) and Field of Research (FoR) codes are recorded correctly in IRMA, by searching under the “Researcher Name” criteria
    • Search for a collaborator by FoR Description: search a FoR Description (or part) name, check the box, and all researchers with that description (recorded in IRMA) will be displayed.
  • University Research overview:
    • Funding overview: total projects by year and grant outcome, includes FedUni and Total project Awarded Amounts; can be filtered by Centre/Institute.
    • Outputs overview: outputs (publications) by Quartile; can be filtered by Centre/Institute and/or by year.
  • Funding Information:
    • Displays project details, total no. of grants, and awarded amounts for all grants recorded in IRMA; can be filtered by researcher name, application year, Centre/Institute and/or by grant outcome.
  • Outputs Information:
    • Displays output details and total no. of outputs (including summary of Scopus citations and outputs by quartile) for all outputs recorded in IRMA; can be filtered by researcher name, publication year, and/or Centre/Institute.
  • Research partnerships:
    • Displays project details, total no. of grants, and awarded amounts for all grants recorded in IRMA; can be filtered by Primary Funds Provider, and/or Centre/Institute
    • Search for a research partner by Centre/Institute and/or Funds Providers.

IMPORTANT: researchers should continually review this information and ensure it is up to date - this is particularly important for the accuracy of data provided in this dashboard and Find an Expert profiles but also for academic promotions and workload calculations.

Incorrect or missing information? Please contact the applicable team, as follows:

We welcome feedback on the look and feel of the dashboard and its functionality. Please email research.reporting@federation.edu.au with any comments.

Publications collection

Research outputs (publications) information is recorded and stored in our Research Management System, IRMA.

Research publications are collated and recorded from the following categories:

  • Authored books
  • Book chapters
  • Journal articles
  • Conference papers
  • Creative works
  • Research reports

Please check IRMA (or the Researcher Dashboard, mentioned above, or Find an Expert), for research collections. Further details can be found on the IRMA webpage.

To add or update your publications (not indexed in Scopus) – please complete the Request to add a publication form or email your publication list to research.reporting@federation.edu.au.

Details must include:

  • Full bibliographic information, Title, Published year, ISSN/ ISBN Journal Name/Conference name/ Book Name, Page numbers, DOI, All authors AND evidence of their Affiliations.
  • For conference papers then full proceedings details to include, the dates and location of conference, editors, Published proceeding title as well the above requirements.
  • Physical evidence or a link can be attached if it includes the abovementioned details
  • Creative outputs have their own process. Please refer to your Institution or Centre or email research.reporting@federation.edu.au for details.

The ARC administered Australia’s national research assessment, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA). ERA identified and promoted excellence across the full range of research in Australia’s higher education institutions. Through ERA the ARC identified excellence in research. It did this by comparing Australia's university research against international benchmarks. This creates incentives to improve the quality of research.

Research Evaluation is currently being considered in the context of the Government’s response to the Australian Universities Accord. The previous evaluation exercise, Excellence in Research for Australia(ERA) and Engagement and Impact (EI), have ceased. The New Research Evaluation Framework is not yet available and is still in development.

Further information can be found at http://www.arc.gov.au/excellence-research-australia

Contact us:

Research Performance and Reporting team

Please visit our Research Services Contact us webpage for further information on how to get in touch.

For any inquiries related to publications, please contact an appropriate Research Services staff member.