Funding from the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

For a national South African research institution to qualify for research funding from the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), researchers are required to publish in scholarly journals accredited by the DHET. The DHET also subsidises proceedings to be presented at approved conferences and published in approved conference proceedings. Research Offices at higher education institutions are responsible for administering research output and the application for funding.

DHET Policy 2015

DHET Research Outputs Policy Gazette 2015 & DHET Communique 2 of 2015

DHET notice February 2019

Please note that the Department has highlighted that from 2019 all the journals appearing in the following indices, SciELO SA, CA/Web of Science, IBSS, will not appear in the DHET list (DHET 2019). This means that the affected journals have to comply with the conditions, quality checks and stipulated publishing policy of that particular index. In January 2021 DOAJ was also added to the list of automatically accredited indexes.

 For any questions on, or related to the above matter, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Walter Ntuli at Ntuli.w@dhet.gov.za / 012 312 5675. 

DHET Accredited Lists per Year

• 2024 

• 2023

• 2022

• 2021

• 2020

• 2019

• 2018

• 2017

• 2016

LLists with DHET Accredited Journal Titles

South African scholarly journals that are on the following indexes/lists are journals that are accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET):

Dept. of Higher Education Accredited Journal List (DHET)

Criteria: Click here (apply by 15 June each year)

Application form and contact person: Email to Ntuli.W@dhet.gov.za

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest IBSS)

Criteria: Click here

Application form and contact email IBSS.editors@proquest.com

SciELO SA journals indexed in the SciELO Citation Index

Managed by the Academy of Science of South Africa

Web page: www.scielo.org.za

Criteria: Click here

Contact email : louise@assaf.org.za

Scopus (Elsevier)

Application form: Click here

Contact person: re-evaluation@scopus.com

Slide presentation - Towards being indexed in Scopus: a CSAB Subject Chair’s perspectives on journal selection (Professor Jaya Raju) 

Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics WoS - formerly known as ISI)

Criteria: Click here

Guidelines for Inclusion: Click here 

Application form: Click here

Contact person: melissa.badenhorst@wwis.co.za

Norwegian Registry for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (Norwegian List)(Level 2 only)

Guidelines for Inclusion: Click here

Application form: Click here