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A fair individualised university researcher rating system? A rejoinder to the current NRF debate

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PUBLISHED: 27 March 2019 Given the impact of individualised research rating classifications on academic careers, further effort needs to be dedicated to finding systems and methods aimed at ensuring that… Click to show full abstract

PUBLISHED: 27 March 2019 Given the impact of individualised research rating classifications on academic careers, further effort needs to be dedicated to finding systems and methods aimed at ensuring that rating evaluations are as fair as possible. However, the idea that this aim is possible through the application of a more scientific approach in the classification of individual academic researchers’ ‘pecking orders’1 is questionable.

Keywords: researcher rating; rating system; university researcher; rating; fair individualised; individualised university

Journal Title: South African Journal of Science
Year Published: 2019

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