4.6.5. NRF Rated Researchers

4.6.5. NRF Rated Researchers

One measure of research intensity is the number of NRF rated researchers in a university. The NRF runs an annual call for rating applications. These consist of a detailed curriculum vitae and an argument about one’s impact on a particular scholarly community. These applications are reviewed by up to six independent peer reviewers. Based on their assessments, a specialist panel awards ratings as follows: A (leading international scholar), B (internationally recognised scholar) or C (established researcher) rating. There are two ‘developmental’ ratings, namely Y (young entrants) and P (prestigious young scholars). Wits maintained its number of NRF rated researchers in 2020 boasting a total of 434.

Ratings Commerce, Law & Management Engineering & the Built Environment Health Sciences Humanities Science Total

Total

45 44 117 75 153 434

A B C P Y

0 10 24 0 11 1 10 27 0 6 10 30 59 0 18 4 16 47 0 8 12 45 74 1 21 27 111 231 1 64

The following 27 Wits Professors are A-Rated researchers:

Engineering & the Built Environment

Professor Emeritus B Skews Professor D Brouwer Professor M Coetzee Professor C Feldman Research Professor G Gray Professor R Jewkes Professor S Madhi (Dean) Professor L Manderson Professor C Mathew Professor L Morris (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research) Professor L Richter

Health Sciences Humanities

Professor J Adler Professor L Allais Professor L Hamilton Professor A Mbembe Science

Professor L Ashwal Professor A Forbes Professor C Henshilwood Professor J Lewis-Williams Professor F Luca Professor R Owen-Smith Professor B Rubidge Professor B Scholes Professor R Sheldon Profesor R Smith Professor L Wadley Honorary Research Fellow Professor Y Zelenyuk