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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Main Authors: Trotter, Henry (auithor.), King, Thomas (Research Assistant) (Author), Gray, Eve Horwitz (Author), Willmers, Michelle (Author), Kell, Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Serier:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Executive summary
  • Programme overview
  • Project components and methodology
  • The Southern African university context
  • Scholarly communication policy landscape in Southern Africa
  • Research and communication practices
  • The SCAP implementation initiative
  • Challenges, contradictions and opportunities
  • Key findings
  • Recommendations
  • References.