Outputs are categorised based on the nature of the output, whether the output contributes new knowledge and has been subject to scholarly peer review.
Australian Research Council (ARC) defines research as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings. This could include the synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it is new and creative.
A scholarly peer review process is one that involves an assessment or review, before publication, of the research output in its entirety by independent, qualified experts. The term independent in this context means independent of the author. A statement from an author that a research output was peer reviewed is not sufficient evidence.
