Eddygourdo:
Mr man if truly you are a researcher in nigeria, you wwill understandd how difficult it is to publish a paaper of repute due to lack of certain factors. Don't blame everything on the so called lazy lecturers. There is an international bias against black research done in third wworld countries. Only papers in humanities, mathematics and the likes can be valued here. Note that this research fraudd you mentioned is more prevalent in many other climes than nigeria, if you really an ardent researcher, you will attest to what I have said

Statsocial:
In Covenant university I know that 'Turnitin' is well used and the promotion requirement I think is more about Citation than Volume. As regards ur last paragraph I agree completely. It seems what we are doin in Nigeria is regurgitating Knowledge. I picked up a concept from CU a while ago which I believe all Nigerian unis should adopt. And it's called 'Glocal' coined from the words global and local. The idea is to produce Journals that are of immense Local relevance that I meets up with international Standards and would be published in Reputable First Quartile Journals.

kinibigdeal:
Bro, there is nothing like international bias when it comes to research work. The quality of your work is what matters. I can refer you to a repute publisher that accept quality works from black authors

Eddygourdo:
in what field. Science and engineering ? You must be kidding. What contributions can an african do in his third world country that will survive all the scrutiny.

kinibigdeal:
Both citations and volume is not a good requirement for promotion. If you publish your papers in an cheap 'open access' journal, an sundry can have access to them. If Turnitin is used in covenant university, thats a welcome development but i will like to know if it is used for assignment or research work only

Statsocial:

Well I know that some reputable foreign universities recently scrapped the use of citation and volume of research work as criteria for promotion. However, I can't seem to remember the reason(s) for the move. But I would like to ask, what criteria would you rather use for promotion instead of research work?
Truth be told i think it's easy to differentiate between crappy and quality research simply by using indices as provided on Researchgate for instance E.g Citations by Country and Citation by University. For instance a conference paper submitted by a lecturer in CU as at Oct 2016 as garnered about 60,000 reads already with the highest reads coming from Nigeria>USA>India in that order - this is a strong pointer to the value of the work and i believe should be allowed to contribute to as persons promotion in the academia.
As regards Turnitin. The university mandated all departments to use it for our final year project work which was done. However, the major emphasis was for ppl who were going to publish their works in Journals. Also, i know some lecturers request that an assignment must go through turnitin but i don't believe it was a university-wide policy to mandate assignment go through turnitin. However, things could have changed by now as i only graduated in 2015.

LLSAINT:
I concur with your position but I must stress that when you have half-baked lecturers, you will produce same as students. I have attended Dissertation defence for Ph.Ds and their presentations were alarming and yet, they were awarded. The question is, how can such lecturers impact/lecture students? We used to have exchange of lecturers in those days but now .
I think, the problems are multifaceted. First, there is the lack of fund to sponsor research work in Nigeria. Second, most persons in the academic setting are there because there is no job not because they love the profession. Third, there is the unavailability/scarcity of working/reference materials for research. I can go on and on but they all boil down to the faulty system/structure we found ourselves.

kinibigdeal:


You have said a lot, am not against the use of research work for promotion. Far from it, my query is only on the quality of work. Do you know you can have a million citations and yet your paper is not in comformity with international standard? You have actually highlighted a key requirements, the country where people are citing your papers, the reputations of the school referencing your work is key to a standard work. Most open access journals are usually cited in Asia, middle east and few from south American countries. I actually have two of my papers on 'researchgate' too. I think i terms of quality paper, covenant university is coming up! I have a paper am planning to submit to them online

kinibigdeal:


You have said a lot, am not against the use of research work for promotion. Far from it, my query is only on the quality of work. Do you know you can have a million citations and yet your paper is not in comformity with international standard? You have actually highlighted a key requirements, the country where people are citing your papers, the reputations of the school referencing your work is key to a standard work. Most open access journals are usually cited in Asia, middle east and few from south American countries. I actually have two of my papers on 'researchgate' too. I think i terms of quality paper, covenant university is coming up! I have a paper am planning to submit to them online

Statsocial:

But is it that Covenant university has a journal you are planning to submit to.

Ademat7:
@kinibigdeal are u a lecturer? What field are u

kinibigdeal:
Both citations and volume is not a good requirement for promotion. If you publish your papers in an cheap 'open access' journal, an sundry can have access to them. If Turnitin is used in covenant university, thats a welcome development but i will like to know if it is used for assignment or research work only

Statsocial:

Well I know that some reputable foreign universities recently scrapped the use of citation and volume of research work as criteria for promotion. However, I can't seem to remember the reason(s) for the move. But I would like to ask, what criteria would you rather use for promotion instead of research work?
Truth be told i think it's easy to differentiate between crappy and quality research simply by using indices as provided on Researchgate for instance E.g Citations by Country and Citation by University. For instance a conference paper submitted by a lecturer in CU as at Oct 2016 as garnered about 60,000 reads already with the highest reads coming from Nigeria>USA>India in that order - this is a strong pointer to the value of the work and i believe should be allowed to contribute to as persons promotion in the academia.
As regards Turnitin. The university mandated all departments to use it for our final year project work which was done. However, the major emphasis was for ppl who were going to publish their works in Journals. Also, i know some lecturers request that an assignment must go through turnitin but i don't believe it was a university-wide policy to mandate assignment go through turnitin. However, things could have changed by now as i only graduated in 2015.

kinibigdeal:
You actually just summarized the problem in a simple text. But i wont agree on the issue of funding, it will shock you to note that the federal government of Nigeria through the minister of education are budgeting a certain sum yearly into our educational system for 'research' but they keep making us believe 'research' is being underfund! With the once they are getting, are we getting a quality work? Many of our lecturers dont understand the tenets of research work, some cant even write any without plagiarism

TheVictorious:


It is. Was made a university-wide policy last year. In fact once you click submit button - for assignments, turnitin checks it automatically and shows the plagiarism level. Leaving you with the option of recalling or proceeding!

TheVictorious:

Oh really!
Turnitin is used For every single thing. Just that assignments have a bit higher percentage for acceptance (usually 20%) compared to projects (10%)

TheVictorious:


It is. Was made a university-wide policy last year. In fact once you click submit button - for assignments, turnitin checks it automatically and shows the plagiarism level. Leaving you with the option of recalling or proceeding!

TheVictorious:


Even though I agree that majority of these research funds are being mismanaged, I beg to differ on your stance concerning availability of funding. Inadequate funding is a serious set back for research in certain levels in this country. Majority of our federal government research institutes do routine tests. How many instrumentation labs are in the country, how many scanning electron microscopes, molecular assemblars, nanotechnology devices, etc. can we boast of as a nation? As it stands now, it might be best for our varsities to pull resources together and develop fully equipped research facilities that will be useful for all.

asuustrike2009:
Please moderator move this to front page. @ op you haven't define or explain what's plagiarism

kinibigdeal:
Bro! When you examine the breakdown of allocation set aside for education and research, and what is coming out from our institutions. You will agree with me that lack of funds is not the problem but poor laziness and mismanagement

TheVictorious:


Well if you say so. I have preferred what I think is the best way out; collaboration in establishment of equipped and functional research facilities.

Ugosample:
This is something we need to look into.