Table 2 The panel ranking of research indicators commonly used in developed settings and how they should apply to clinicians in low-resource settings (n = 19)
Research performance indicators used to assess performance of academics in high-resource countries | VR ++++ | SR ++ | SI + | NR 0 | Scale | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Research collaborations | 15 | 2 | Â | Â | 3.76 | 1 |
National recognition | 14 | 3 | Â | Â | 3.65 | 2 |
Research supervision | 15 | 2 | 3 | Â | 3.35 | 3= |
Contribution to the research environment, e.g. research meetings | 13 | 1 | 3 | Â | 3.35 | 3= |
Conference presentations | 7 | 10 | Â | Â | 2.82 | 5 |
Research funding received | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2.59 | 6 |
International recognition | 6 | 8 | 3 | Â | 2.53 | 7 |
Number of publications | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.29 | 8 |
Reviewer | 3 | 7 | 7 | Â | 1.94 | 9 |
Peer esteem, e.g. journal editor | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1.88 | 10 |
Article citations | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1.76 | 11 |
Creative works | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1.47 | 12 |
Books published | Â | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1.18 | 13 |