Investigating the attainment of the DHET Research Outputs per capita target at a University of Technology in South Africa
Raseleka, Rita Maidi (2024)
2024
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The study investigated how many researcher have co-authored research publications outputs at a UoT, the impact of academic degrees on research outputs within a South African UoT and the effect of doctoral degrees on research productivity, how female researchers have contributed, origins of researchers who authored publications, the potential associations between age and research productivity by conducting comparisons across various age cohorts and the employment status was examined.
The research employed quantitative methodologies and the analyses used descriptive statistics techniques.
The research outputs figures for a South African UoT were available for the period of 2018 to 2021. During this period, it was observed that an average of 434 authors out of 910 academics, which is 47,7%, contributed to outputs at a UoT. It became clear that the researchers who contributed the most publications held Doctoral degrees and that less than 30% of outputs were co-authored by female researchers, that most outputs were also by south African citizens, most out-puts were produced by researchers between the ages of 36 and 45, and that the UoTs’ permanent staff members were counted as the most contributors of outputs in the UoT.
The per capita research outputs units and Doctoral degree percentages were provided in the Department of Higher Education and Training research outputs reports for universities. In 2021, the majority of universities exhibited a per capita publication rate of less than 1.15. The UoT achieved a per capita output of 0.39 in the same year, which constituted approximately 1.17% of the overall production within the sector. In the specified year, 36.86% of the academic staff members at the UoT held doctoral degrees.
The research employed quantitative methodologies and the analyses used descriptive statistics techniques.
The research outputs figures for a South African UoT were available for the period of 2018 to 2021. During this period, it was observed that an average of 434 authors out of 910 academics, which is 47,7%, contributed to outputs at a UoT. It became clear that the researchers who contributed the most publications held Doctoral degrees and that less than 30% of outputs were co-authored by female researchers, that most outputs were also by south African citizens, most out-puts were produced by researchers between the ages of 36 and 45, and that the UoTs’ permanent staff members were counted as the most contributors of outputs in the UoT.
The per capita research outputs units and Doctoral degree percentages were provided in the Department of Higher Education and Training research outputs reports for universities. In 2021, the majority of universities exhibited a per capita publication rate of less than 1.15. The UoT achieved a per capita output of 0.39 in the same year, which constituted approximately 1.17% of the overall production within the sector. In the specified year, 36.86% of the academic staff members at the UoT held doctoral degrees.