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RESEARCH OUTPUT INDICATORS AND MEASUREMENT
The subsidy paid by the DHET for accredited research outputs (Table 4) increased from R127,512.56 in 2024 (for 2022 outputs) to R133,530.96 for 2025 (for 2023 outputs), without any change in the weighting formula for publication and graduation output. The headcount of graduating Master’s and doctoral candidates is provided in Table 5.
Table 4: 2023 Institutional Research Outputs Units (DHET awarded)
OUTPUT TYPE
UNITS
Journals
481.58
Conference proceedings
53.99
Books/chapters
39.82
Innovations
0.000
Creative outputs
6.50
Master’s graduate heads
180.50
Doctoral graduate heads
83.00
Total weighted Research Output Units
1,011.398
Note that Master’s = 1 unit and Doctorate = 3 units
Table 5: 2024 Master’s and Doctorate graduation headcount
Faculty
No. of PhDs
No. of Master’s
Total
Accounting and Informatics
8
23
31
Applied Sciences
7
20
27
Arts and Design
8
7
15
Engineering and the Built Environment
14
32
46
Health Sciences
16
55
71
Management Sciences
64
63
127
Total
117
200
317
Research output units total 740.00 (this data is for 2024 publications to be reported in May 2025 – the figure changes daily and will only be final on 15 May 2025) (Table 6).
Table 6: 2024 Research outputs (under collation)
PUBLICATION TYPE
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 (UNDER AUDIT & REVIEW)
Journals
370.43
410.62
461.377
481.58
585.00
Proceedings
30.14
28.22
27.034
53.99
75.00
Books and chapters
48.40
46.40
76.189
39.82
80.00
Creative research outputs
-
-
1.50
6.50
Under collation: final figure in September
TOTAL
455.97
485.24
567.099
581.89
740.00
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