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 | 3.76 | 1 | ||
| National recognition | 14 | 3 | 3.65 | 2 | ||
| Research supervision | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3.35 | 3= | |
| Contribution to the research environment, e.g. research meetings | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3.35 | 3= | |
| Conference presentations | 7 | 10 | 2.82 | 5 | ||
| Research funding received | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2.59 | 6 |
| International recognition | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2.53 | 7 | |
| Number of publications | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.29 | 8 |
| Reviewer | 3 | 7 | 7 | 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 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1.18 | 13 |
VR, Very relevant; SR, Somewhat relevant; SI, Somewhat irrelevant; NR, Not relevant.
Not all 19 panellists answered every question.