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Table 7: Research outputs by type of publication, 2016 – 2020
NATIONAL RESEARCH
FOUNDATION-RATED
RESEARCHERS
The total number of NRF-rated researchers at DUT increased to 40 in 2020, up from 37 in 2019 – an overall increase of 8%. All these newly rated researchers are male. Two of the three additional researchers were Established Researchers and the third was rated as a Promising Young Researcher. With the inclusion of these researchers, the following key changes in the number and composition of NRF-rated researchers were observed in 2020:
There was an increase in the number of male researchers from 26 to 29.
One researcher previously rated at C3 was re- rated to C1.
One researcher previously rated at Y2 was re- rated to C3.
The number of C1-rated researchers increased from 3 to 4.
The number of C2- and C3-rated researchers both increased from 10 to 11.
Figure 22. NRF-rated researchers, 2016 – 2020
Figure 21 gives the number and ratings of the NRF-rated researchers for 2020. C2 and C3 are the categories with the greatest number of researchers (11 each), followed by Y2 with 8 researchers.
Figure 21. NRF-rated researchers, 2020
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ANNUAL REPORT 2020
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Proceedings
8.73
21.25
18.46
19.48
34.88
Books and chapters
23.77
28.58
49.66
33.74
61.13
Journals
192.03
210.03
276.81
300.01
388.30
Y2
C3
B1 B2
B3
C1
C2
Figure 22 presents the rising trend in the number of NRF-rated researchers from 2016 to 2020. Over the past 2 years improvements are observed in the C1, C2, and C3 rating categories.
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5 0
2016
2017 2018
A2 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 Y2
2019 2020
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