2025_Promotion criteria for Academic Staff

Annual performance lecture

1. 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS, FUTA BY Prof. T.T. Amos DVCA, FUTA

2. Introduction This promotion is about YOU Your assessment will be based on your presentation You will not be at the meeting where your assessment is done, and therefore there will be no opportunity for you to provide more clarifications Your Dean might not be at the Sub-Committee meetings Many staff are being assessed for promotion and therefore Committee members have no patience for poorly packaged submissions You must get your documents ready before the call for submissions 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

3. Very poor submissions from many academic staff Many submissions portray carelessness or sheer incompetence The poor quality of many submissions suggests that those concerned are not ripe or ready for promotion this year If nothing is done to improve the quality of the submissions, many academic staff being put up for promotion may fail at the central A&PC meeting Marginal Cases do not have good Chance of Success Findings from previous A&PC meetings 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

4. Inconsistency in font type and size Inconsistency in line spacing Very poor quality of photocopies Very narrow margins in photocopied materials (some letters were cut off) Failure to use the prescribed template Publications are roughly numbered or not numbered at all Listing of publications in the APER form is different from the numbering of the papers Insufficient publications Specific Problems 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

5. Be familiar with the rules guiding promotion Don’t compare yourself with others Making neat copies can be costly; be ready to spend The quality of your submissions define you, so be sure you don’t shoot yourself down Don’t be a borderline case; get more papers beyond the required minimum You don’t need to lobby anybody for your promotion; let your submissions speak for you Points to note 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

6. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Guidance and Supervision - 5 points Research in Progress - 5 points Publications - 40 points Some Rules 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

7. Supervision of a Master’s degree student – 1 point (completed) Supervision of a Master’s degree student – 0.5 point (on-going) Major Supervision of a PhD student (completed) – 2 points Major Supervision of a PhD student (on-going) – 1 point Co-Supervision of a PhD student (completed) – 1 point Co-Supervision of a PhD student (on-going) – 0.5 point For each student supervised, the Name, Matric . No., Title of Research, and Year Completed must be stated in the APER form. Guidance and Supervision (5 points maximum) 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

8. Sponsored research with written report – 1 point Self-sponsored research with written report – 1 point Acknowledged papers or posters submitted for publication - 0.5 point Acknowledged papers or posters presented at Conferences - 0.5 point Without concrete evidences, research in progress cannot be scored. 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS Research in Progress (5 points maximum)

9. Journal Articles Single authorship - 5 points maximum Joint authorship - 7 points maximum Conference Proceedings – 2 points maximum Technical Report/Short – 2 points each (subject to a Communications maximum of 5 points) Occasional Papers - 2 points maximum (Paper must be published by a recognized higher institution or a recognized professional society) Monographs - 2 points Published book (Referred books) - 1 point per Chapter up to a maximum of 5 points Book Chapters in Edited Book - each chapter is equivalent to one journal article (5 points maximum) A maximum of 80 points could be obtained and this should be divided by 2. 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS Publications (40 points maximum)

10. Journals published by reputable publishing houses Institutional-based Journals (Published by University Departments, Faculties or their Research Units) Journals published by Professional Societies Acceptable Journals 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

11. Publish in journals with impact factors Avoid cash and carry journals who publish without reviewing the papers Avoid too many papers in journals that are within Volumes 1 and 5; publish in well-established journals Points to note 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

12. For Readers and above, at least 20% of the minimum required publications MUST be single authorship; or 10% single authorship plus 20% leading authorship For Readers and above, there MUST be clear evidence of attraction of grants At Senior Lecturer level and above, there must be clear research focus and area of specialization MUST be clearly identifiable in the research papers. At least 60% of your publications should reflect your area of specialization Points to note contd. 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

13. No. of Authors 1 st Position 2 nd Position 3 rd Position 4 th Position 5 th Position Other Positions 2 60 40 3 50 30 20 4 40 20 20 20 5 40 20 15 15 10 6 30 20 15 15 10 10 >6 10 10 10 10 10 10 The distribution of the percentage contribution can change if there is a written letter signed by all authors agreeing to a different distribution. Percentage Contribution for Joint Papers

14. Single Author (5) Multiple Authors (7) Rating 4.5 – 5.0 6.0 – 7.0 Excellent 3.5 – 4.4 5.0 – 5.9 Very Good 2.5 – 3.4 4.0 – 4.9 Good 2.0 – 2.4 2.5 – 3.9 Fair <2.0 <2.5 Poor Qualitative and quantitative assessment of publications 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS

15. Determining the weight to be attached to quantity and impact factor of publications in determining promotability of academic staff. The maximum score for jointly authored articles in journals with no Thomson Reuters impact factor should be 4/7. The maximum score for single authored articles in journals with no Thomson Reuters impact factor should be 3/5. A candidate shall be the lead author in not less than 20% of minimum required of the total numbers of jointly authored articles for Senior Lecturers and above. The minimum number of publications since the last promotion exercise for Senior positions should be three (3) in addition: For Senior Lecturers – One (1) of the publications must be in journals with Thomson Reuters impact factor. For Readers – Two (2) of the publications must be in journals with Thomson Reuters impact factor. For Professors - Three (3) of the publications must be in journals with Thomson Reuters impact factor.

16. S/N Year Type Offshore/ Onshore Authorship Status ( Publi -shed/ Accepted) % Contri-bution Max. Score Actual Scores Reduced Score Quality No Posi-tion 1 2010 Journal Onshore 3 1 st Published 50 7 4.0 2.0 Good 2 2010 Journal Onshore 2 1 st Published 60 7 6.0 3.6 Excellent 3 2011 Journal Onshore 2 1 st Published 60 7 4.0 2.4 Good 4 2012 Journal Offshore 1 1 st Published 100 5 3.0 3.0 Good 5 2012 Journal Onshore 3 1 st Published 50 7 5.5 2.8 Very Good 6* 2013 Journal Offshore 2 1 st Published 60 7 4.0 2.4 Good 7* 2013 Journal Onshore 3 2 nd Published 30 7 3.5 1.1 Fair 8* 2015 Journal Onshore 4 3 rd Published 20 7 4.0 0.8 Good 9* 2016 Journal Offshore 3 3 rd Published 20 7 5.5 1.1 Very Good 10* 2014 Proceeding Onshore 2 2 nd Published 40 2 1.5 0.6 Very Good 11* 2015 Proceeding Offshore 2 1 st Published 60 2 1.5 0.9 Very Good TOTAL 20.7 Total Score from Publications = 20.7 divided by 2 = 10.35 Hypothetical Example

17. MINIMUM NUMBER OF PAPERS REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION LEVEL MINIMUM NUMBER OF JOURNAL PAPERS Graduate Assistant to Assistant Lecturer No paper Required Assistant Lecturer to Lecturer II with PhD No paper Required Assistant Lecturer to Lecturer II without PhD One (1) Journal paper and one (1) referred proceeding Lecturer II to Lecturer I with PhD Three (3) Journal papers OR Two (2) Journal papers plus two (2) referred Proceedings Lecturer II to Lecturer I without PhD Four (4) Journal papers OR Three (3) Journal papers plus two (2) referred Proceedings. Lecturer I to Senior Lecturer (PhD is compulsory as from this grade). 6 journal papers (of which at least two (2) must be published offshore with at least one (1) from a Thomson Reuters impact factor journal plus four (4) referred proceedings. OR 8 Journal papers (of which at least two (2) must be published offshore with at least one (1) from a Thomson Reuters impact factor journal.

18. MINIMUM NUMBER OF PAPERS REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION LEVEL MINIMUM NUMBER OF JOURNAL PAPERS Senior Lecturer to Reader Thirteen (13) Journal papers of which at least four (4) must be published offshore with at least two (2) from Thomson Reuters impact factor journals, plus four (4) referred proceedings. OR Fifteen (15) Journal papers of which at least four (4) must be published offshore with at least two (2) from Thomson Reuters impact factor journals. Reader to Professor Eighteen (18) Journal papers of which at least six (6) must be published offshore with at least three (3) from Thomson Reuters impact factor journal, plus four (4) referred proceedings. OR Twenty (20) Journal papers of which at least six (6) must be published offshore with at least three (3) from Thomson Reuters impact factor journals.

19. Thank you for Listening Please Note - To Fail to Prepare is to Prepare to Fail 2025 Promotion Exercise for Academic Staff in SBMS