The State of Australian University Research 2015–16: Volume 2 Institutional Insights looks at selected topics to provide further understanding of the state of Australian university research.

With three rounds of Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) now complete, the ERA dataset covers all Australian university research outputs, staffing and activity from 2003 to 2013, and research income and research application data from 2006 to 2013. It is now possible to analyse this longitudinal data.

The topics covered in this report are:

• ERA Ratings
• Gender and the Research Workforce
• Open Access
• Volume of submitted outputs in ERA 2015
• Percentage contribution to the National Landscape.

State of Australian University Research 2015 -16: Volume 2 Institutional Insights:

• Introduction (15 pages, PDF 2MB)
• Section 1—ERA Ratings (18 pages, PDF 1MB)
• Section 2—Gender and the research workforce (14 pages, PDF 2MB)
• Section 3—Open access (4 pages, PDF 1MB)
• Section 4—Institutions and volume of submitted outputs in ERA 2015 (28 pages, PDF 2MB) 
• Section 5—Changes in the percentage of contribution to the national landscape (14 pages, PDF 2MB) 
• Appendices (13 pages, PDF 3MB)
• State of Australian University Research 2015–16: Volume 2 Institutional Insights—Full version – PDF 11MB (0) – Zip Format 6MB (0)