Book – Authored Research (A1)

An A1 book is a substantial work of scholarship bound and offered for sale under the imprint of a recognised commercial press or publisher.

Eligibility

In order to be included as an A1, the book must meet the definitions of research and all of the following:

• be a major work of scholarship
• be offered for sale
• have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• written entirely by a single author, or by joint authors who share responsibility for the whole book
• has been published by a commercial publisher
• the author must be affilated with the claiming institution

Types of books that may meet the criteria include:

• critical scholarly text (e.g. music, medieval or classical texts)
• new interpretations of historical events
• new ideas or perspectives based on established research findings

Scholarly editions and scholarly translations must have a major demonstrable original research component in the edition or translation to be considered for inclusion.

Exclusions

The types of books that do not meet the criteria include:

• 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
• books only published electronically

Please note that books and book chapters only published electronically currently can not be included under HERDC.

Verification requirements

To be included in the HERDC collection, you need to supply PDF documentation of the following details for each entry:

• title page
• bibliographic details - ISBN, publisher, all dates referring to copyright, publication, place of publication and printing
• table of contents
• all introduction material - preface, foreword, acknowledgements and Introduction (in the absence of introductory material, please provide a full chapter from the book)
• evidence of the author's affiliation to the University of Sydney (contributor information pages from the publication when available)

Foreign language publications

• requires all the same verification material above plus
• translation of the citation information (title of book, year, publisher, place of publication)
• translation of a couple of paragraphs from the Introduction material that shows the research content for the book