Book – Authored Research (A1)
Definition
An A1 book is a substantial work of scholarship and must meet the definition of research as amplified in the general requirements for research publications:
Eligibility
- Must meet the definition of research
- be a major work of scholarship
- have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
- written entirely by a single author, or by joint authors who share responsibility for the whole book.
- must has been published by a commercial publisher.
- the author must be affiliated with the claiming institution (Avondale)
The type of books that may meet the criteria include:
- critical scholarly texts (e.g. music, medieval or classical texts)
- new interpretations of historical events
- ideas or perspectives based on established research findings.
Exclusions
- textbooks
- anthologies
- edited books
- creative works such as novels
- translations (unless they have a major demonstrable original research component)
- revisions/new editions
- manuals and handbooks
- theses (PhD, Masters and Honours)
Research Point Value
5 research points
Book – Authored Other (A2)
Definition
This refers to books which were written entirely by a single author, or by joint authors who share responsibility for the whole book. Publications in this category must be a substantial work of scholarship.
Eligibility
The type of books that may meet the criteria include:
- research monographs published by institution departments
- textbooks (consisting mainly of new combinations of existing knowledge or updating of a body of established knowledge tomake it more readily accessible) aimed primarily at a higher education audience
- books published by private individuals, university departments and privately funded companies, eg “vanity presses” that do notmeet the DIISRTE commercial publisher criteria
- evaluative and investigative government department publications, e.g. DIISRTE Evaluations and Investigations Program reports
- other authored books or monographs not classified in A1 above
- annotated anthologies
- translations of published books
Exclusions
- revisions or new editions
- creative works such as novels
- Institutional departmental Working Papers, Technical Reports, Discussion Papers and the like
- textbooks that are primarily aimed at secondary, primary or pre-school students
- unpublished reports
- edited books.
Book – Edited (A3)
Definition
This refers to books which must be edited books, monographs or short series of volumes consisting of contributions from a number of authors.
Exclusions
- Revisions or new editions
- Editorship of special edition journals (possibly C3)
Book – Revisions/New Editions (A4)
Definition
This refers to revised/updated single author works (A1 or A2), or edited books, monographs or short series of volumes consisting of contributions from a number of authors (A3) containing substantial new research/updated chapters.
