Guidance and criteria
The following key documents provided guidance on the 2014 REF:
- Assessment framework and guidance on submissions (REF 02.2011)
- Panel criteria and working methods (REF 01.2012)
Other guidance
- Guidance on using the submission system
- Details of data requirements
- Further information on submitting research outputs
- Guidance on citation data
- Guidance on REF4 environment data
- Guidance on data management, including personal, sensitive and confidential data
- Audit and data verification guidance
- FAQs