Field

Type

Expected values

Mandatory

Institution

String

Your HESA institution code

Yes

HESAStaffIdentifier

String

<13 characters>

Yes (for Cat A and B staff)

InstitutionalStaffIdentifier

String

<24 characters>

Yes

UnitOfAssessment

Integer

1-67

Yes

Unit, department, school or other location

String

<Unlimited>

Title

String

<50 characters>

First name

String

<100 characters>

Other first-names

String

<500 characters>

Initials

String

<50 characters>

Yes

LastName

String

<500 characters>

Yes

Alternative or prior surname(s)

String

<500 characters>

Alias or 'known as' for publications

String

<100 characters>

e-mail address

String

320

Yes

Eligible for the 2008 RAE

Boolean

True/false

Yes

Submitted to 2008 RAE

Boolean

True/false

Yes (for all RAE eligible staff)

RAE staff category

Character

A, B, C, D

Yes (for all RAE eligible staff)

Early career researcher

Boolean

True/false

Yes

Start date (if started after 2001-01-01)

Date

2001-01-01 to 2007-10-31

Yes (if recruit)

Prior institution (if started after 2001-01-01)

String

HESA institution code

Leave date (if left before 2007-10-31)

Date

2001-01-01 to 2007-10-31

Yes (for Cat B and D)

Destination institution

String

HESA institution code

Field

Type

For OutputType = 'D'

Expected values

RA2 field

Mandatory

Institution

String

HESA institution code (including campus code if applicable)

Yes

Y

InstitutionalUniqueOutputId

String

<24 characters>

Yes

Y

Year

String

2001-2007

Yes

Y

OutputType

Character

A-T, a-t

Yes

Y

LongTitle

Text

Article Title

Text

Yes

Y

ShortTitle

String

Vol number / Edition

<512 characters>

Yes

Y

Pagination

String

pp

<64 characters>

Yes

Y

Publisher

String

FULL journal title

<256 characters>

Yes

Y

Editors

String

<256 characters>

Yes

ISBN

String

ISSN

<24 characters>

Yes

PublicationDate

Date

M/Y or D

2001-01-01to 2007-12-31

Yes

DOI

String

<256 characters>

Yes

IsInterdisciplinary

Boolean

Default = no

true/false

Yes

IsSensitive

Boolean

Default = no

true/false

Yes

ListOfAllAuthors

String

<512 characters>

No

Indexed by Thomson Reuters (ISI)*

Boolean

true/false

No

Thomson unique identifier (UT or ISI_LOC)*

String

<15 characters>

No

Indexed by SCOPUS*

Boolean

true/false

No

SCOPUS author identifier*

String

N/K

No

SCOPUS article identifier*

String

N/K

No

Field

Type

Expected values

Mandatory

HESA Institution Code

String

Your HESA instcode

yes

HESA Staff Identifier

String

<13 characters>

Yes

Institution Staff Identifier

String

<24 characters>

Institution Unique output ID

String

<24 characters>

Yes