C1 Journal article requirements
To be included in this category, the publication must:
- be published in a scholarly, reputable, peer reviewed academic journal. Note that regular checks for outputs published in predatory or fake journals conducted by the Office for Research might lead to further integrity checks of the research.
- be research published in the current collection year. The year of publication must be stated within or on the work being claimed, with the exception of the expanded year of publication
- at least one author must be affiliated with Griffith
- The output must have been peer-reviewed and subject to editorial scrutiny.
The journal must have an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). Some journals may be regularly published as separate volumes with an ISBN rather than and ISSN. Provided the publication is clearly identified as an edition of a journal and not a book, articles in such publications may be eligible if they meet all other criteria.
Journal article types
The types of journal articles that meet the criteria of research output are:
- commentaries and communications of original research
- research notes
- letters to journals, provided the letter satisfies the definition of research and the subsequent definitions for journal articles in this section
- critical scholarly texts that appear in article form
- original review articles reviewing multiple works or an entire field of research
- invited papers in journals
- articles in journals targeted to scholars and professionals
- articles in a stand-alone series
The types of journal articles that do not meet the criteria include:
- letters to the editor
- case studies
- articles designed to inform practitioners on existing knowledge in a professional field
- articles in newspapers and popular magazines
- editorials
- book reviews
- brief commentaries and communications of original research
- reviews of art exhibitions, concerts, theatre productions