Do I need to nominate outputs for peer review for a four-digit Field of Research (FoR) if the FoR is not going to meet the low volume threshold?
Yes. Peer review will be used for all FoR codes within Cluster Two—Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) for the 2009 ERA trial. If a four-digit code exceeds the minimum threshold of 20 outputs or more it will be evaluated. Institutions have been asked to identify up to 20 per cent of those outputs for the purposes of peer review. For four-digit codes which do not reach the threshold of 20 outputs, institutions are also asked to identify up to 20 per cent of outputs for the purposes of peer review. The outputs identified for peer review for all of the four-digit codes (ie those that do and do not reach the threshold for peer review at the four-digit level) will constitute a pool of items for the purposes of peer review at the two-digit level, and may also be reviewed at the national level.
