Appendix 9: Standard performance indicators

RESEARCH

Number & quality of publications

R1 Research outputs Actual 174                        
Target 40                        
R2(a) Journals with Impact Factor >2.5 Actual 91%                        
Target 70%                        
R2(b)

Journals with impact Factor >3

 Actual 81%                        
Target 50%                        
R2(c) Journals with specific target audiences Actual 13%                        
Target 20%                        
R2(d) Book chapters / international conference proceedings Actual 2%                        
Target 10%                        
R3(a) Number of presentations / talks / papers / lectures given at major international meetings Actual 213                        
Target 40                        
R3(b) Number of invited or keynotes given at major international meetings Actual 23                        
Target 10                        
R4 Number and nature of commentaries about the Centre’s achievements in general/specialist publications Actual 32                        
Target 8                        
R5(a) Citation data for publications: at least 4 CI's in top 200 Geoscientists Actual 4                        
Target 4                        
 

 Research Training

R6 Number of attended professional training courses for staff and postgraduate students Actual 15                        
Target 20                        
R7 Number of Centre attendees at all professional training courses Actual 68                        
Target 20                        
R8

Number of new postgrads working on core Centre research and supervised by CoE staff (PhD, MRes)

 Actual 24                        
Target 8                        
R9 Number of new postdoctoral researchers recruited to the Centre working on core Centre research Actual 6                        
Target 4                        
R10 Number new Honours students working on core Centre research and supervised by CoE staff Actual 8                        
Target 6                        
R11(a) Number of postgraduate completions working on core Centre research and supervised by CoE staff Actual 18                        
Target 6                        
R11(b) Postgradaute completion times, students working on core Centre research and supervised by CoE staff Actual 3.5                        
Target 3.5                        
R12 Number of Early Career Researchers (within 5 years of completing PhD) working on core Centre research Actual 11                        
Target 6                        
R13 Number of students mentored Actual 100                        
Target 24                        
R14 Number of mentoring programs Actual 4                        
Target 3                        

 

 
Build international, national & regional links/networks
R15 Number of international visitors and visiting fellows Actual 71                        
Target 20                        
R16 Number of national and international workshops held / organised by Centre Actual 11                        
Target 3                        
R17

Number of visits to overseas laboratories and facilities

 Actual 44                        
Target 20                        
R18 Examples of relevant interdisciplinary research supported by the Centre Actual 100%                        
Target >50%                        


Build end-user links

R19 Number of governement, industry & business community briefings Actual 7                        
Target 6                        
R20 Number and nature of public awareness programs Actual 6                        
Target 5                        
R21

Currency of information on the Centre's website

 Actual 6                        
Target 4                        
R22 Number of website hits Actual 13,929                        
Target 10,000                        
R23 Number of public talks given by centre staff Actual 7                        
Target 6                        

ORG SUPPORT

Generate cash & in-kind contributions from partners & other sources & build collab. & infrastrucutre support

O1 Annual cash contributions from collaborating organisations Actual 2,375,090                        
Target 1,790,000                        
O2 Annual in-kind contributions from collaborating organisations Actual 13,100,455                        
Target 12,418,100                        
O3

Annual cash contributions from partner organisations 

 Actual 150,000                        
Target 150,000                        
O4 Annual in-kind contributions from partner organisations Actual 1,881,507                        
Target 1,229,300                        
O5 Other research income secured by Centre staff Actual 11,721,227                        
Target 140,000                        
O6 Number of new organisations collaborating with, or involved in the Centre Actual 16                        
Target 6                        
O7 Level and quality of infrastructure provided to the Centre Documented pp. 83-92             
  

GOVERNANCE

Intersect the right set of expertise to guide the Centre

G1 Breadth, balance and experience of the members of the Advisory Committee The Advisory Board includes senior representatives from industry and other end users such as Geoscience Australia (documented p. 9) and was endorsed by the Mid-term Review Panel.
G2 Frequency, attendance and value added by Advisory Committee meetings Two very productive Advisory Board meetings were held in March and October 2015. Attendance at the meetings was over 95%. Frequency of Board meetings exceeded target. Board input has been invaluable, including providing a different perspective of Centre activities, and has been very engaged in workshopping key aspects of Centre business and in realigning the CCFS Vision.
G3 Vision and usefulness fo the Centre strategic plan Strategic plan was reviewed mid 2015 and endorsed by the CCFS Board and executive.
G4 Adequacy of the Centre's preformance measure targets Centre's performance measure targets are discussed with the board annually. CCFS has consistently performed well against the current measures. As a result of feedback and reassessment post review, they continue to be revised on a regular basis.
G5 Effectiveness of the Centre in bringing researchers together to form an interactive and effective research team Jointly authored presentations and publications as well as co-supervised postgraduates (see Appendices 5 and p. 76)
G6 Capacity building of the Centre through scale and outcomes

Recruitment of staff: 12 (see pp. 10-13)
Recruitment of postgraduate students: 24 (see pp. 76-82)
International Linkages: 71 (see pp. 98-101)
 

BENEFIT

Contribute to the national research agenda; expand the national capability in Earth Science

N1

Industry Seminars

 Actual 4                        
Target 4                        
Number of industry / end-user collaborations   14                        
                       
N2 Postgraduate units established by end year 3 Actual 6                        
Target 2                        
Number of honours and Postgraduate students   100                        

 

CCFS KPI

Outcomes

C1 Linkage of geochemcial / petrologic / geological data with goephysical datasets / modelling 
2015 - Convene international conference on integration of geophys/geology 		 Actual Complete                        
Target Complete
C2 Technology & method development related to NCRIS infrastructure 2013 -1st results submitted for publication / conference presentation   Actual Complete                        
Target Complete                        

Training

C3 Establishment of formal postgraduate units & training within host and collaborating university frameworks Actual Complete                        
Target Complete                        

End User

C4

Establishment of linkages and collaborative projects with end-users relevant to external core business of the Centre

2013 - proceed with projects 		 Actual Complete                        
Target Complete                        

 

         

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