The metadata of books submitted as research outputs to REF 2014 and REF 2021

<p>This dataset contains ISBNs and below described metadata of 38,050 books which UK universities and research institutions submitted&nbsp;as their best research outputs to the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014 and 2021. The initial data was downloaded from the REF's webpages presenting the submissions and results for <a href="https://www.ref.ac.uk/2014">2014 REF</a> and <a href="https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/">2021 REF</a>. The thorough explanation how initial datasets were transformed into this dataset is provided in a preprint: Dagiene, Eleonora. 2023. "The Challenge of Assessing Academic Books: The UK and Lithuanian Cases Through the ISBN Lens." SocArXiv. &nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/qpwxn">https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/qpwxn</a>&nbsp;</p><p>This dataset contains ISBNs and their metadata, gathered from the Global Register of Publishers <a href="https://grp.isbn-international.org/">https://grp.isbn-international.org/</a></p><p><strong>Description of data columns and remarks:</strong></p><p>ISBNs – unique identifiers – at least one author of the book identified by the ISBNs is affiliated with the UK university or research institution;</p><p>output_types – ['edited volumes', 'authored books'] – types of books eligible for research assessment;</p><p>years – 2008-2020 – book publishing years as reported by submitting institutions;</p><p>country – country name – countries where ISBNs were assigned, e.g. books authored or co-authored by UK researchers issued in 81 countries worldwide;</p><p>unified_title – titles of publishers – parent publishers, e.g. Springer Nature, Informa (Taylor &amp; Francis);</p><p>primary_occupations_main – 'academic publishers', 'universities', 'intermediaries', 'other publishers', 'not publishers' – main types of institutions/companies which registered particular ISBNs;</p><p>primary_occupations_detailed – 'academic publishers', 'university presses', 'university departments', 'self-publishing', 'publishing services', 'specialised publishers', 'general publishers', 'societies', 'not publishing', 'research institutions', 'governmental institutions', 'libraries', 'museums', 'non-governmental organisations' – just more types of institutions/companies.</p>