Outputs

Research outputs submitted to the REF2021 must have been published between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2020.  The sub-panels will assess the quality of research outputs in terms of their 'originality, significance and rigour' and the star ratings received will carry a weighting of 60 per cent in the overall outcome awarded to each submission.

Each submitting unit (UoA) will return a set number of outputs , equal to 2.5 times the combined FTE of Category A submitted staff, with a minimum of one output attributed to each staff member returned, and no more than five attributed to any staff member.

We may also return the outputs of staff previously employed as eligible where the output was first made publicly available during the period of eligible employment, within the set number of outputs required.