
REF 2021
Output
Review Reports
REF 2021 Output
Review Reports
The REF 2021 Output Review Reports are an in-depth review of REF 2021's Outputs with specific focus on two key areas - Journal Articles and Authored Book Submissions - for ALL submissions and for the top 10 Institutions.
Journal Articles make up the majority of outputs in REF 2021, with over 150,000 journal article submissions, accounting for over 80% of outputs. There were almost 12,000 Authored Book submissions, accounting for just over 6% of output submissions.
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An In-depth Analysis of Outputs
The review reports provide valuable insight in to REF outputs for Senior Management at an institutional level; for Research Directors at a unit level; and an enhanced understanding of outputs submitted at an individual level (for both experienced and new to REF staff members).
Available by unit of assessment, each report provides an overview of the quality ratings; overview of outputs; output types; analysis of journal articles; analysis of authored books (where relevant); as well as an analysis of the top 10 output scoring Institutions.
Each Unit of Assessment Report Includes:
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Overall Quality Star Ratings
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Outputs Quality Star Ratings
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Outputs breakdown by Category
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Journal Article Analysis
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Journal Title Analysis
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Journal Title Frequency
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Top 10 Journal Titles
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List of top Journal Titles used
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Top 10 Institutions
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Journal Title Analysis and Frequency
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Authored Book Analysis (where relevant)
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Publisher Frequency
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Top 10 Publishers
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Top 10 Institutions
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Publisher Analysis and Frequency
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A sample dummy report can be accessed here.
Reports are available by Unit of Assessment the first initial report is FREE.
To order your FREE Unit of Assessment report please contact us by email at info@dcdataconsultants.co.uk or fill in the contact form below, indicating which FREE report you would like to request.
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150,000
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Journal Article Submissions
185,000
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Outputs submitted
12,000
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Authored Book
Submissions




Reports are available by Unit of Assessment (1-34) and follow the same format as set out in the sample dummy report.
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The example pages provided in this website and dummy sample report are for illustrative purposes only, and do not reflect any particular institution. Any data or figures used are for illustrative purposes only.
Data sources include:
https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/
https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/outputs
The Research Output review document are copyrighted by DC Data Consultants. Any views, opinions or interpretations expressed in this report are that of DC Data Consultants only, and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other organisations, institution, or company. This report is a review document of Research Excellence Framework 2021 Overall and Outputs data. The formulation of journal article, journal title, authored books and publisher counts are based on interpretation of the REF outputs data for volume title, ISSN, title and publisher and counts are subject to the quality and accuracy of the original data input by the institutions. The material and information contained in this report is for general information purposes only and does not represent, warrant, undertake or guarantee that the use of guidance or information in the report will lead to any particular outcome or result and will not be liable in respect of any business losses, limitation loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, contracts, grants or commercial opportunities. The unit of assessment reference number is as of Unit of Assessment references in Research Excellence Framework 2021.