| 1.a Number of research outputs |
| Refereed (Peer reviewed) Journal articles |
100 |
110 |
| Books |
0 |
0 |
| Book Chapters |
3 |
1 |
| Contributed Conference Presentations |
80 |
95 |
| Patents and IP disclosures |
3 |
3 |
| Patents Generated |
2 |
1 |
| 1.b Number of Joint Publications |
| Joint publications Internal – Centre Groups |
20 |
29 |
| Jointnpublications Internal – Platforms |
20 |
18 |
| Joint publications Internal – Nodes |
20 |
25 |
| Joint Publications/Reports External – Industry |
5 |
9 |
| Joint Publications External – International Academic |
60 |
72 |
| Joint Publications External – Australian Academic |
60 |
45 |
| 2. Quality of research outputs |
| High Impact Publications |
25% |
28% |
| Number of New Citations to CoE Outputs Each Year |
2500 |
3024 |
| Cumulative Citation to CoE Outputs |
5000 |
8719 |
| 3. Prizes, Awards and other Prestigious Measures of Centre Researchers |
| National Awards to Staff, Students or CIs |
10 |
17 |
| International Awards to Staff, Students or CIs |
5 |
5 |
| 4. Number of externally offered training courses held by the Centre |
| Summer or Training Course in Exciton Science |
1 |
12 |
| 5.Number of workshops/conferences held/offered by the Centre |
| CoE Annual Exciton Science Conference |
2 |
2 |
| Workshops/Conferences Fully funded (Monthly Seminar Series) |
4 |
3 |
| Co-sponsored/Co-funded Conferences/Symposia/Workshops/Seminars |
10 |
15 |
| 6. Number of additional researchers working on Centre research |
| Postdoctoral researchers (At any one time) |
50 |
53 |
| Honours students (At any one time) |
5 |
5 |
| PhD Students (At any one time) |
70 |
70 |
| Masters by research students |
6 |
8 |
| Masters by coursework students |
15 |
10 |
| Associate Investigators (At any one time) |
27 |
30 |
| Undergraduate Students (Capstone Subjects or Summer Vacation Scholars) |
20 |
14 |
| 7. Number of postgraduate completions |
| PhD |
30 |
14 |
| MSc |
10 |
8 |
| Hons. |
5 |
3 |
| 8. Number of mentoring and training programs offered by the Centre (For more information on our categories of training please see our Centre Strategic Plan 2022-24) |
| Leadership Training |
3 |
3 |
| Skills and Employability |
3 |
5 |
| Communication Training |
2 |
4 |
| Science Training |
2 |
4 |
| Industry and Stakeholder Awareness |
2 |
5 |
| Mentoring Program |
1 |
4 |
| Commercialisation |
2 |
5 |
| 9. Number of presentations/briefings |
| Government or Industry Briefings |
20 |
16 |
| Invited or Keynote International Conference Presentations |
30 |
32 |
| Plenary International Conference Presentations |
4 |
3 |
| 10. Number of new organisations collaborating with, or involved in, the Centre |
| New International Linkages |
5 |
4 |
| International Visitors |
40 |
41 |
| Visits to International Laboratories |
50 |
48 |
| New Industry Links |
5 |
6 |
| New Industry Contracts or Collaborations |
5 |
3 |
| 11. Media and Online Presence (monthly) |
| Website |
| Unique users (hits per month pre-2020) |
3000 |
3,500 |
| Twitter |
| Tweet impressions (mentions pre-2020) |
15,000 |
14,698 |
| Profile visits |
2,500 |
2,901 |
| New followers |
22 |
22 |
| Total link clicks, retweets, likes and replies |
250 |
279 |
| Facebook |
| New Page Followers/Page Likes |
20 |
14 |
| Page Reach |
100,000 |
117,108 |
| Engaged users |
8,000 |
6,039 |
| Instagram |
| Total likes or comments |
125 |
143 |
| New followers |
5 |
6 |
| Media |
| Annual media mentions (articles about ACEx pre-2020) |
200 |
249 |
| 12. Number of Outreach Programs – Public Education, Stakeholder and Government |
| Public Talks (inclusive of ACEx Public Talk Series, National Science Week talks/events, Other researcher led public talks) |
10 |
10 |
| Presence at public/scientific events to promote the Centre's research (outreach presentations pre-2020) |
10 |
10 |
| Participation and Co-sponsorship of Events with National Science Week etc |
4 |
5 |
| Participation in events and engagement with peak industry bodies such as Clean Energy Council or Science and Technology Australia |
2 |
2 |
| Engagement with education and teacher's associations such as Science Teachers Association of Victoria or Chemistry Education Australia. |
2 |
2 |
| School Visits |
15 |
18 |
| Exciton Science Challenges – To engage schools, the public and industry |
2 |
2 |
| Work Experience Students |
10 |
9 |
| 13. Number of Commercial-Related Outputs |
| New software Codes for High Throughput Materials Discovery (Publically Available) |
0 |
0 |
| Patent Licenses |
1 |
0 |
| Start-up Companies |
1 |
0 |
| New Grants from non-ARC Sources (>$25k p.a) |
10 |
11 |
| Graduates Entering Renewable Energy Related Industries or Employment |
50% |
56% |
| 14. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Targets |
| Percentage of Women and gender diverse people in Centre membership |
|
32.4% |
| Percentage of women and gender diverse people in Postgraduate Student membership |
30% |
32.96% |
| Percentage of women and gender diverse people in Postdoctoral Researcher membership |
30% |
32% |
| Involvement of Women and gender diverse people in Centre Activities |
|
|
| Percentage of women at all Exciton Science events |
50% |
W 35% GD >1% |
| Percentage of Women and gender diverse people speakers at Exciton Science events |
40% |
W 34% GD >1% |
| Percentage of women and Gender Diverse members involved in public outreach events |
50% |
W 38% GD 14% |
| Percentage of women members's work promoted through social and traditional media platforms |
50% |
W 25% GD 2% |
| Annual Climate Survey |
1 |
0 |
| Equity, diversity and wellbeing training, including but not limited to Unconscious bias, cultural awareness, respectful workplaces, mental wellbeing |
3 |
5 |
| Annual review and development of Centre policies, and promotion of support services in cases of harassment, bullying, inappropriate behaviour or misconduct (research, professional or personal) |
1 |
2 |
| Carer's support fund |
$10k |
$9,464 |