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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Auteurs principaux: Trotter, Henry (auithor.), King, Thomas (Research Assistant) (Auteur), Gray, Eve Horwitz (Auteur), Willmers, Michelle (Auteur), Kell, Catherine (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
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Table des matières:
  • 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.