NRF Rated Researchers

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has a long history, dating back to 1984, of instituting a system of evaluating and rating researchers. Annually, researchers from universities and research councils - including international researchers - apply for evaluation by the NRF. Evaluated researchers are put in categories that depict their standing within the scientific community. These ratings are difficult to attain and are thus held in high esteem.  For information about ratings, and the criteria applied to each, visit the NRF website: http://www.nrf.ac.za/

Unisa is proud of all its NRF-rated researchers. One of the portfolio's goals is to provide the support needed for the university's researchers to attain higher ratings, as well as increase the number of NRF rated researchers in general. Not only is support seen as imperative, but numerous incentives are available to those who are rated as further encouragement in their pursuit of excellence.

Below is a list of Unisa's NRF rated researchers within the College of Economic and Management Sciences with the rating they currently hold:

Categorty B

A B rating is given to researchers who enjoy considerable international recognition by their peers for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs.

Name                                    Department                                                                Rating

Prof P Prinsloo                   Business Management                                                   B3

Prof M Coetzee                  Industrial and Organisational Psychology                      B3

Prof HA Barnard                 Industrial and Organisational Psychology                      C2

Prof JS Wessels                Public Administration and Management                          C2

Prof N Sewdass                 Business Management                                                   C2

Prof D Makina                    Finance, Risk Management and Banking                       C2

Prof KH Jordaan                Decision Sciences                                                           B3

Prof N Eccles                     Institute for Corporate Citizenship                                   C2

Prof N Martins                    Industrial and Organisational Psychology                       C3

Prof S Mukeru                   Decision Scences                                                            C3

Dr K Malan                        Decision Sciences                                                           C1

Prof B Moyo                      Economics                                                                       Y2

Prof LC Van Jaarsveldt     Public Administration and Management                           Y2

Category B

A B rating is given to researchers who enjoy considerable international recognition by their peers for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs.

Category C

A C rating is given to established researchers with a sustained recent record of productivity in the field who are recognised by their peers as having:

1. Produced a body of quality work, the core of which has coherence and attests to ongoing engagement in the field
2. Demonstrated the ability to conceptualise problems and apply research methods to investigating them.

Category Y

A Y rating is given to young researchers (40 years or younger) who have held the doctorate or equivalent qualification for less than five years at the time of application, and who are recognised as having the potential to establish themselves as researchers within a five-year period after evaluation, based on their performance and productivity of quality research outputs during their doctoral studies and/or early post-doctoral careers.