Publication count resources

Click on the links below to download the respective documents. Please contact the Research Office if you have any queries.  

Department of Higher Education (DHET) policy-related information

• DHET Research Outputs Policy (updated version 2015)
• Research Output Policy 2015 and DHET communication: A summary

Journals

DHET-accredited journal list and indexes for the 2016 publication count cycle.
Click on the links below for the DHET-accredited list and indices for the current reporting period.

• DHET List of Accredited Journals for 2017 Publication Count Cycle
  To check the frequently updated ISI Web of Science Indexes please click on the links below:
  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index
  • Science Citation Index
  • Expanded Social Sciences Citation Index 

Accreditation of South African journals

• Guidelines for the inclusion of journals to the DHET list of South African journals

Useful templates and guides

• Author Affiliation letter template
• Template for requesting peer review information on books and proceedings  
• Checklist for hardcopy submission
• Publication count guidelines

DHET-approved conferences

The DHET has decided to suspend the DHET list of accredited conferences until more stringent and permanent criteria are introduced. Only conference proceedings publications that meet the criteria laid out in the DHET’s research outputs policy will be subsidised.