Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

For the purpose of subsidy, recognised research output, in terms of this policy comprise journals, books and proceedings.

Journals

Journals, refer to peer reviewed periodical publications devoted to disseminating original research and new developments within specific disciplines, sub-disciplines or field of study. These include original articles, research letters, research papers, and review articles. However, only approved journals are subsidised.

Books

Books refer to peer reviewed, non-periodical scholarly or research publications disseminating original research on developments within specific disciplines, sub-discipline or field of study. Only books that meet specified criteria are subsidised. Examples of different types of books include:

Monographs, which are relatively short books or treatise on a single scholarly subject written by a specialist(s) in the field and are generally not extensive in scope.

Chapters, which are one or more major divisions in a book, each complete in itself but related in theme to the division preceding or following it.

Edited works, are collections of scholarly contributions written by different authors and related in theme. A book may have one or more editors.

Proceedings

Proceedings refer to a published record of a conference, congress, symposium or other meeting whose purpose is to disseminate original research and new developments within specific disciplines, sub-disciplines or field of study. Only proceedings that meet specified criteria are subsidised.