Research culture overlooks much of the important work that we rely on

Outputs submitted to the last REF in 2014 focussed almost exclusively on publications, i.e. (parts of books and journal articles).

Type REF categories No. outputs Percentage of total
(Parts of) books A, B, C, R 27258 14.3
Journal articles D, E, U 158276 82.9
Physical artefacts L, P 751 0.4
Exhibitions & performances M, I 1734 0.9
Other documents F, J, K, N, O 1643 0.9
Digital artefacts G, H, Q, S 746 0.4
Other T 554 0.3

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