Access to electronic health knowledge in five countries in Africa: a descriptive study

Smith, Helen; Bukirwa, Hasifa; Mukasa, Oscar; Snell, Paul; Adeh-Nsoh, Sylvester; Mbuyita, Selemani; Honorati, Masanja; Orji, Bright; Garner, Paul

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-72

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“…[57][58][59] Indeed, most publishers participate in several programs simultaneously. 60 In addition, researchers may find informal avenues of access to the journal literature, such as requesting copies of articles from the author or from peers at other institutions, 32,61 and by relying on freely accessible copies of articles self-archived in digital repositories. 62,63 Alternate avenues of access may make it more difficult to isolate the effect of TEEAL specifically on citation behavior.…”

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Do discounted journal access programs help researchers in sub‐Saharan Africa? A bibliometric analysis

Davis

2011

Learned Publishing

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Prior research has suggested that providing free and discounted access to the scientific literature to researchers in low‐income countries increases article production and citation. Using traditional bibliometric indicators for institutions in sub‐Saharan Africa, we analyze whether institutional access to TEEAL (a digital collection of journal articles in agriculture and allied subjects) increases: (i) article production; (ii) reference length; and (iii) number of citations to journals included in the TEEAL collection. Our analysis is based on nearly 20,000 articles – containing half a million references – published between 1988 and 2009 at 70 institutions in 11 African countries. We report that access to TEEAL does not appear to result in higher article production, although it does lead to longer reference lists (an additional 2.6 references per paper) and a greater frequency of citations to TEEAL journals (an additional 0.4 references per paper), compared to non‐subscribing institutions. We discuss how traditional bibliometric indicators may not provide a full picture of the effectiveness of free and discounted literature programs.

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“…23,64 In a related study of the use of HINARI, doctors and researchers expressed frustration with retrieving login passwords from their librarians who served often as gatekeepers to online journals. 61 …”

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Do discounted journal access programs help researchers in sub‐Saharan Africa? A bibliometric analysis

Davis

2011

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“…A more recent survey showed that for medical postgraduate trainees in Africa, the sources of health information accessed were textbooks (70%), e-resources (29%) and paper journals (1%). The source of web access was web cafes (up to 90%) or institutional libraries (up to 78%) depending on the country, with access from home contributing a sizable minority (up to 24%) [13].…”

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Global Access to Literature on Trauma

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Wright

Howard

2008

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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The trauma pandemic disproportionately kills and maims citizens of low-income countries although the immediate cause of the trauma is often an industrial export of a high income country, such as a motor vehicle. Addressing the trauma pandemic in low-income countries requires access to relevant research information regarding prevention and treatment of injuries. Such information is also generally produced in high income countries. We explored various means of making scientific information available to low-income country surgeons using the internet. If orthopaedic surgeons want to maximize their global impact, they should focus on writing about trauma questions relevant to their colleagues in low-income countries and ensuring these same colleagues have access to the literature.

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“…on awareness of online disseminated literature and on good technical facilities (cf. slow Internet connections, unreliable power supplies, and even free password assignment from librarians), as recently shown by Smith et al (2007). The digital divide (Carthage Declaration, 2005;Sciadas, 2005) may thus remain an obstacle to the reduction of the scientific divide.…”

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The multi-objective role ofHSJin processing and disseminating hydrological knowledge

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Hubert

2008

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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Access to electronic health knowledge in five countries in Africa: a descriptive study

Cited by 58 publications

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Do discounted journal access programs help researchers in sub‐Saharan Africa? A bibliometric analysis

Do discounted journal access programs help researchers in sub‐Saharan Africa? A bibliometric analysis

Global Access to Literature on Trauma

The multi-objective role ofHSJin processing and disseminating hydrological knowledge

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