The ARC and ORCID 16 February 2016 Professor Aidan Byrne Australian Research Council

Web: arc.gov.au I Outline ARC and NHMRC joint statement Benefits of ORCID What the ARC is doing Engagement and Impact Image: Flying Duck Orchid Mt Jerrabomberra 2015 APB

Web: arc.gov.au I ARC and NHMRC Joint Statement 2015

Web: arc.gov.au I Benefits of ORCID Deduplication of data and disambiguation of researchers and research outputs Linking and reuse of high quality, persistent data Streamline research processes and collaboration Contribute to enhancing the nation’s research profile through improved visibility and discoverability of research outputs and impacts

Web: arc.gov.au I The ARC’s role Continue to act on its commitment to the benefits ORCID presents to the Australian research system Work collaboratively with the sector, other government agencies and ORCID on implementation and policy development Support and reinforce shared purpose and achievement of mutual outcomes from ORCID

Web: arc.gov.au I ARC activities and implementation ARC and NHMRC joint statement (April 2015) Actively involved with the ORCID Working Group Australian ORCID Consortium member Authenticated ORCID identifiers collected in application process for all funding schemes, beginning with Discovery Projects (Dec 2015) Continuing work to integrate and utilise ORCID within RMS and other ARC processes

ARC NCGP % funding by institution 2008–2015 IRU ATN Go8 Unaligned unis & others

National Competitive Grants Programme Area of box represents $$ funded over the period 2011–2015. N.B. - Centres of Excellence, SRIs, not awarded in every year. - ITRP and DECRA only funding since 2012

Web: arc.gov.au I Understanding what we are doing! Discipline map for Discovery Projects

Web: arc.gov.au I Benefits of ORCID for research There are exciting publications data that can’t be analysed until solutions to disambiguate authors are found Too many Smiths! Note: Decorative image only. Shows a network of authorship—but there are currently too many ambiguities for it to be used.

Web: arc.gov.au I Benefits of ORCID at the ARC ORCID information could potentially be used by the ARC for: −reporting: reduction of burden −streamlining applications: ‘Harvest and review’ −compliance checks for claims made in grant proposals (authorship of research outputs, qualifications, employment, collaborations etc.) −assessor selection and matching −conflict of interest processes (RMS look up of information in ORCID for publications listed in proposals in order to identify those on that application not to be used as Assessors).

ERA 2015 results are available in: State of Australian University Research 2015–2016, Volume 1, ERA National Report.* ERA 2015 outcomes show Australia’s universities continue to produce high-quality research across a wide range of disciplines. Overall research quality is improving and reflects ERA’s role in focussing universities on research quality. Of the UoEs assessed in both ERA 2015 and the previous round, ERA 2012, 56 per cent of these maintained the same rating, while 29 per cent improved their rating by one. The ERA results show an extraordinary breadth of outstanding research performance in Australia. *Available at: ERA 2015—Outcomes

There was steady growth in Australia’s university research activity between the ERA 2012 and ERA 2015 rounds, including increases in:  the total number of assessed UoEs, up 6% to 2460  the number of research outputs submitted, up 5% to 432,747  the number of research staff submitted, up 11% to 67,579  total number of patents, up 20% to 936. ERA 2012 to ERA 2015 Growth

Web: arc.gov.au I Measuring Impact In 2016 the ARC will work with the higher education research sector, industry and other end-users of research to develop quantitative and qualitative measures of impact and engagement A pilot assessment will take place in 2017 The ARC will conduct a full assessment in 2018 as a companion to ERA

Universities are multi-dimensional We need a better and more complete description of activity. IMPACT ERA Engagement

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