Key performance indicators
Shoe cleaning before entering the Waitkakere forest. Image - Christine Harper
Data include our Research Associates but exclude staff in any collaborating or subcontracted organisation.
| For the year ended 30 June: | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | ||||
| Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) | 10 | 6 | 11 | 91 |
| Science Excellence | ||||
| Professional recognition and awards for staff | 21 | 15 | 15 | 192 |
| Keynote or plenary addresses (costs fully or partly covered) | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Number of editorial positions | 6 | 82 | 85 | 813 |
| Number of positions in professional societies | 59 | 56 | 54 | 574 |
| Number of roles on advisory panels and groups | 133 | 143 | 145 | 1295 |
| Number of directorships | 17 | 17 | 14 | 166 |
| Number of peer-reviewed scientific papers | 243 | 241 | 274 | 2507 |
| % of papers in top 25 journals relevant to the scope of our research | NA | 30% | 31.6% | 19.6%8 |
| Average number of citations for all papers over a rolling 8-year period | NA | 10.8 | 9.79 | 9.69 |
1 MoUs include 5 signed with New Zealand organisations and 4 overseas
2 Excludes travel grants
3 38 staff hold 81 positions on the editorial boards of scientific journals; 64 of these are international and include the mega journal Zootaxa,
founded by one of our staff
4 57 staff hold 66 positions in professional societies (including 9 Fellows); 24 of these positions are international
5 57 staff hold 129 positions on advisory boards, technical groups and review panels; 44 of these are international
6 10 staff hold 16 directorships or board memberships; 3 of these are international
7 Refers to peer-reviewed journals only; includes early online view/in press publications. Excludes accepted but not yet published papers. Also excludes 36 books and book chapters, and 131 non-refereed papers, which we report as ‘technical publications’
8 Researchers chose other journals that are suited to the particular research being published. Given the unusually high diversity of our
research disciplines, a static pool of the same 25 journals each year is not adequate to represent our research. MBIE is discontinuing this core indicator