ANU College of Business and Economics

ANU College of Business and Economics

Reward for

Quality Research Publications Scheme

Guidelines

The College wishes to reward initiative and excellence in research and has implemented a scheme to reward research publications in high quality journals.

The College Research Committee and Executive have voted to use the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC 2013) list, finalised in Dec 2013, for future incentive payments. The College will maintain the current rewards of $1,000 for an ‘A’ publication and $5,000 for an ‘A*’ publication and would expect that funds be used within three years.

The ABDC 2013 list can be found here: http://www.abdc.edu.au/pages/abdc-journal-quality-list-2013.html .

If a journal is not on the ABDC 2013 list then the ERA 2010 list will be consulted to confirm ‘A’ and ‘A*’ publications in non-business areas. The Research Services Office has a copy if required.

Funding amounts are:

·  A* Journals -- $5,000

·  A Journals -- $1,000

All payments will be calculated using the √ n rule and the total number of authors, regardless of whether they are internal or external co-authors. For example if there are two authors then each internal author will receive the rewarded amount divided √ 2. If there are three authors then each internal author will receive the rewarded amount divided by √ 3.

Funds will be paid into individuals’ research accounts.

Application Process

Researchers whose articles have been accepted by a journal which is listed in either the A* or A lists should forward to :

·  confirmation of acceptance by the journal;

·  a copy of the article;

·  a copy of the abstract outlining the research (approx. 100 words in length);

·  evidence that ethical clearance was obtained (if research involved human subjects); and

·  ANZSRC 6 digit codes; Field of Research (FOR) and Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) codes

(http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/codes.htm).

The revised scheme will apply to journal articles accepted after 1 January 2014.

Eligibility

Academic staff members of the College with at least a fractional appointment of 40 percent are eligible to participate in this scheme.

Further information

·  Rewards are transferred to an individual ‘R’ account for use by the researcher(s) for research purposes;

·  Actual spending must be approved by the Dean or Research School Director in accordance with ANU and CBE policies and procedures;

·  Funds must remain under the control of the Dean and Research School Director until they are spent;

·  Researchers must hold their appointment with the College for funds to continue to be accessible to them;

·  Following the publication of an article, the researcher has a period of 12 months to submit a reward payment request; and

·  Upon departure from the College funds not spent in individual ‘R’ accounts will be retained within the College for re-allocation.

Queries related to this scheme should be directed to .