Books - A1

• Eligibility
• Exclusions
• Verification Requirements

Eligibility

To be included in this category, the publication must meet the definition of research (see section 1.2, Definition of Research) as amplified in the key characteristics of research publications (see section 4.1, Key Characteristics) and:

• must be a major work of scholarship
• must be offered for sale
  - for hard copies, bound
  - for CD-ROMs, packaged
  - for e-books, on subscription or fee basis
• has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• was written entirely by a single author, or by joint authors who share responsibility for the whole book
• has been published by a commercial publisher, as defined in section 4.3.3, Commercial Publisher
• the author must be affiliated with the claiming institution.

The types of books that may meet the criteria include:

• critical scholarly texts (for example music, medieval or classical texts)
• new interpretations of historical events
• new ideas or perspectives based on established research findings
• where the book meets the key characteristics set out in section 4.1, Key Characteristics.

Exclusions

The types of books that are unlikely to meet the criteria include:

• textbooks
• anthologies
• edited books
• creative works such as novels
• translations
• revisions/new editions.

Verification Requirements

For all publications, the university must be able to provide the following, if required, by the Commonwealth or for a publications audit:

• photocopies of contents, preface, introduction and pages showing all bibliographical information (ISBN or ISSN, author(s), publisher, all dates referring to copyright, publication, printing and distribution)
• evidence indicating the author's affiliation to the university.

Additional material required in each of the publications categories includes books.

No additional requirements.

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