The South African system of evaluating and rating individual researchers: Its merits, shortcomings, impact and future

Research Evaluation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-36

  Pienaar, Magdal ^a   Blankley, William ^b   Schirge, Gudrun U ^b   Von Gruenewaldt, Gerhard ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^b NRF   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 0346383901     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154400781777395     Document Type: Article

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