Books - A1
Eligibility
In order to be included as an A1, the book must meet the definitions of research and all of the following:
- must be a major work of scholarship
- must have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- must be written entirely by a single author, or by joint authors who share responsibility for the whole book
- must have been published by a commercial publisher
- the author must be affiliated with the claiming institution.
The types of books that may meet the criteria include:
- critical scholarly texts (e.g. music, medieval or classical texts)
- new interpretations of historical events
- new ideas or perspectives based on established research findings.
Exclusions
The types of books that do not meet the criteria include:
- textbooks
- anthologies
- edited books
- creative works such as novels
- translations (unless they have a major demonstrable original research component)
- revisions or new editions
- manuals and handbooks
- theses (PhD, Masters and Honours)
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:
- title page
- bibliographic details - ISBN, publisher, all dates referring to copyright, publication, place of publication and printing
- table of contents
- all introduction material - preface, foreword, acknowledgements and Introduction (in the absence of introductory material, please provide a full chapter from the book)
- evidence of the author's affiliation to the University of Western Sydney (contributor information pages from the publication when available)
Foreign language publications
- requires all the same verification material above plus
- translation of the citation information (title of book, year, publisher, place of publication)
- translation of a couple of paragraphs from the Introduction material that shows the research content for the book
