Seeking Impact and Visibility : Scholarly Communication in Southern Africa /

African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly...

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Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Trotter, Henry (auithor.), King, Thomas (Research Assistant) (Údar), Gray, Eve Horwitz (Údar), Willmers, Michelle (Údar), Kell, Catherine (Údar)
Formáid: Leictreonach Ríomhleabhar
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
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Achoimre:African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars' work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia.
Cur síos ar an mír:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Cur síos fisiciúil:1 online resource (262 pages): illustrations, maps
Leabharliosta:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246).
ISBN:9781620677551
Rochtain:Open Access