This table sets out the output types for REF-category 'other documents', including a broad definition and examples, which are provided for guidance only and do not represent a definitive list.
Output type | REF eligible? | In scope of the Open Access Policy? |
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Patents Granted patents, copyrights, trademarks, or registered designs on specific products or processes. |
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Published patent application | Y | N |
Published granted patent | Y | N |
Composition An original published/publicly available score, first performance or first recording by a record label or musical composition. |
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Compositions created while being played, for example electronic compositions, jazz improvisation | Y | N |
Published/publicly available score | Y | N |
Recordings | Y | N |
Sound component of a film or video, lyrics, multimedia composition | Y | N |
Commissioned works | Y | N |
Combinations or developments of the above | Y | N |
Design A creative research/problem-solving output in the form of design drawings, books, models, exhibitions, websites, installations or built works. |
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Fashion design | Y | N |
Textile design | Y | N |
Graphic design | Y | N |
Interior design | Y | N |
Industrial design | Y | N |
Architectural design | Y | N |
Multimedia design | Y | N |
Sound design | Y | N |
Exhibition design (i.e., not the content of the exhibition) | Y | N |
Theatre design | Y | N |
Other designs | Y | N |
Reports for external bodies Non-commissioned and commissioned and/or funded by an external organisation, including reports for private companies, government departments and non-governmental organisations. |
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Non-confidential research report for an external body |
Y | N |
Confidential report for external body |
Y | N |