Contents
Sections
- Section 1 – Executive summary
- Section 2 – Introduction
- Section 3: Overview
- Section 4: Panel descriptors
- Section 5: Assessment criteria – Submissions
- Section 6: Assessment criteria – Contribution to Knowledge and Understanding (CKU)
- Section 7: Assessment criteria – E&I
- Section 8: Assessment criteria – Strategy, People and Research Environment (SPRE)
- Section 9: Panel procedures
- Section 10: Panel working methods
- Annex A: Assessment criteria and level definitions
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel A
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel B
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel C
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel D
- Annex C: Additional guidance on Impact Case Study (ICS) development
- Annex D: Summary of additional information about outputs
- Annex E: Managing conflicts of interest
- Annex F: Confidentiality and information security agreement
- Section 1 – Executive summary
- Section 2 – Introduction
- Section 3: Overview
- Section 4: Panel descriptors
- Section 5: Assessment criteria – Submissions
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Section 6: Assessment criteria – Contribution to Knowledge and Understanding (CKU)
- CKU criteria and level definitions
- Output types
- Outputs with significant material in common
- Co-authored outputs
- Requests to double-weight outputs
- Extended process and/or long-form exception
- Requests to use the five-year pre-publication time period for extended process and/or long-form outputs
- Additional information for outputs
- Citation data
- Section 7: Assessment criteria – E&I
- Section 8: Assessment criteria – Strategy, People and Research Environment (SPRE)
- Section 9: Panel procedures
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Section 10: Panel working methods
- The REF panel interaction
- Institutional-Level Strategy, People and Research Environment (IL SPRE) Panel working methods
- Main panel working methods
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Sub-panel working methods
- Overview
- Appointing the full assessment phase sub-panel
- Allocating work
- Calibration of assessment standards
- Assessing submissions
- Assessing outputs that may align to more than one UoA
- Assessing outputs and ICS submitted as part of an aggregate submission
- Assessing interdisciplinary work
- Joint assessment
- Cross-referral
- Developing and recommending sub-profiles
- Advisory panel working methods
- Recording panel decisions
- Panel use of AI
- Annex A: Assessment criteria and level definitions
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel A
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel B
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel C
- Annex B: UoA descriptors and taxonomies – Main Panel D
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Annex C: Additional guidance on Impact Case Study (ICS) development
- Overview
- Types of impact and possible indicators
- Impacts on the health and wellbeing of people, and animal welfare
- Impacts on creativity, culture and society
- Impacts on social welfare
- Impacts on commerce and the economy
- Impacts on public policy, law and services
- Impacts on production
- Impacts on practitioners and delivery of professional services, enhanced performance or ethical practice
- Impacts on environment
- Impacts on understanding, learning and participation
- Methods and domains of engagement
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Annex D: Summary of additional information about outputs
- Overview
- Outputs that include significant material published prior to 1 January 2021 and submitted to REF 2021
- The researcher’s contribution to a co-authored or co-produced output
- Request to double-weight an output
- Abstract for outputs in languages other than English
- Information about the research dimensions and research contribution
- Factual information about the significance of the output
- Statement on how the output meets the definition of extended process and/or long-form for the purpose of the extended process and/or long-form exception or the five year pre-publication substantive link
- Summary of additional information required about outputs
- Annex E: Managing conflicts of interest
- Annex F: Confidentiality and information security agreement