Eutychus Ngotho Gichuru
Biographic Data
| ID | 5187970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eutychus Ngotho Gichuru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eutychus Ngotho |
| FAMILY NAME | Gichuru |
| SIGNATURE | GICHURU E N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5363-5443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
African challenges to western-centric metrics in evaluating international research collaboration
The western-centric metrics on which international evaluations of research collaboration hinge reinforce a culture of academic and epistemic dependence that sidelines African scholars and their knowledge systems. Such metrics, including bibliometric indices and citation counts, favor Global North standards and often ignore those of African epistemologies based on relational ethics and knowledge production in the community. This systemic structure…
Reimagining scholarly evaluation
The research study investigates how bibliometric evaluation systems fail to assess African scholarly productivity and introduces Ubuntu metrics as a decolonial solution for faculty promotion. The study uses African philosophy and decolonial theory as its conceptual framework to demonstrate that bibliometrics function as epistemological violence which purposely excludes African scholarship by favouring Global North citation networks and publicatio…
Reimagining Scholarly Research Evaluation in the Global South through Africana Critical Theory
Decolonizing the South African University
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Decolonizing the South African University
Reimagining Scholarly Research Evaluation in the Global South through Africana Critical Theory
African challenges to western-centric metrics in evaluating international research collaboration
The western-centric metrics on which international evaluations of research collaboration hinge reinforce a culture of academic and epistemic dependence that sidelines African scholars and their knowledge systems. Such metrics, including bibliometric indices and citation counts, favor Global North standards and often ignore those of African epistemologies based on relational ethics and knowledge production in the community. This systemic structure…
Reimagining scholarly evaluation
The research study investigates how bibliometric evaluation systems fail to assess African scholarly productivity and introduces Ubuntu metrics as a decolonial solution for faculty promotion. The study uses African philosophy and decolonial theory as its conceptual framework to demonstrate that bibliometrics function as epistemological violence which purposely excludes African scholarship by favouring Global North citation networks and publicatio…
African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · Authentication (law (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Critical theory (1 work) · Curriculum (1 work) · Decoloniality (1 work) · Discipline (1 work)