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Acknowledgements
Dr Nthabiseng Taole, Director, Department of Research and Innovation
The production of the University of Pretoria’s annual Research Review is always a highlight in
the academic calendar, and is one of the important projects of the Department of Research and Innovation. Many researchers and staff contribute to the success of the Review, and I would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals and departments:
• The researchers who provided texts, information and photographs.
• The group of expert researchers who served as critical readers: Professors Don Cowan, Robin Crewe, Michael Pepper, Bernard Slippers, and Brenda Wingfield.
• Dr Cheryl Tosh who served as editor of the research texts of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
• Bhaviksha Ramouthar for cataloguing images received, searching for more, and for her administrative support to the project.
• Colleagues in the Department of Research and Innovation for preparing the detail on UP’s research publications in 2017, and Elize Nagel in the Department of Information Technology.
• Our colleagues in UP Libraries, Institutional Planning and University Relations.
• Hanlie Griesel who coordinated, planned and edited the Review.
The work of many more researchers at UP could be profiled, if it were not for the constraints of space and costs. We indeed plan that in the next Review new faces and new innovative research fields of excellence will be profiled.
Next-generation researchers
1 049
Research Master’s graduates (overall 1 866 Master’s graduates)
27%
Postgraduate students as % of overall enrolment
35%
International doctoral students enrolled
56%
61%
Black postgraduate contact students
2 278
354
Doctoral graduates
International postgraduate students
17.4%
Researcher productivity and quality
UP RESEARCH OUTPUTS, 2012-2017
2746 3199
1424 1620
2012 2013
3269 3859
1685 1844
2014 2015
3894 4152
2041 2166
2016 2017
n Weighted research outputs (M+D) n Research outputs
65%
Staff with PhDs
Total # UP researchers with NRF-rating
280
International academic staff
460
13%
Young researchers recognised
as potential future leaders
Research leaders recognised internationally for quality and impact
A-rated Y-rated 15 84