South–South research collaboration of countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Boshoff, Nelius

doi:10.1007/s11192-009-0120-0

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“…More recently, a number of such studies include developing countries in general (Arunachalam and Viswanathan 2008) and African countries (Boshoff 2009;Sooryamoorthy 2009) in particular. Sooryamoorthy (2009) investigated the collaboration patterns of South African researchers and Boshoff (2010) identified the collaborative patterns in the Southern African development community (SADC) countries. Onyancha and Maluleka (2011) found out that knowledge production through collaborative research among sub-Saharan African countries is minimal.…”

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Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa

Pouris

2013

Scientometrics

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Scientific co-authorship of African researchers has become a fashionable topic in the recent scientometric literature. Researchers are investigating the effects, modes, dynamics and motives of collaboration in a continental research system which is in an embryonic stage and in different stages of development from country to country. In this article we attempt to provide some additional evidence by examining both patterns of collaboration at country and continental levels and the scientific disciplines emphasised. Our findings indicate that the continent's research emphasises medical and natural resources disciplines to the detriment of disciplines supporting knowledge based economies and societies. Furthermore, we identify that the collaborative patterns in Africa are substantial higher than in the rest of the world. A number of questions related to research collaboration and its effects are raised.

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Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa

Pouris

2013

Scientometrics

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“…These benefits notwithstanding, Africa is said to be contributing only a small percentage towards global knowledge production and impact (Adams et al 2010;Arvanitis et al 2000;Boshoff 2009;Narvaez-Berthelemot et al 2002;Onyancha and Ocholla 2007). For instance, Adams et al (2010, p. 10) summarize their findings in the Global Research Report thus: Africa's ''volume of activity remains small, much smaller than is desirable if the potential contribution of Africa's researchers is to be realized for the benefit of its populations''.…”

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“…For instance, Adams et al (2010, p. 10) summarize their findings in the Global Research Report thus: Africa's ''volume of activity remains small, much smaller than is desirable if the potential contribution of Africa's researchers is to be realized for the benefit of its populations''. Boshoff (2009) notes that sub-Saharan Africa's share of world scientific papers was 1% in 1987 and has continued to decrease to stand at 0.7% in 1996. As a whole, Africa's world share of scientific papers was 1.8% between 2000 and 2004 (Pouris and Pouris as cited in Boshoff 2009).…”

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“…Boshoff (2009) notes that sub-Saharan Africa's share of world scientific papers was 1% in 1987 and has continued to decrease to stand at 0.7% in 1996. As a whole, Africa's world share of scientific papers was 1.8% between 2000 and 2004 (Pouris and Pouris as cited in Boshoff 2009). In regard to research collaboration, the aforementioned studies indicate that African countries are increasingly embracing international collaboration.…”

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Knowledge production through collaborative research in sub-Saharan Africa: how much do countries contribute to each other’s knowledge output and citation impact?

Onyancha

Maluleka

2011

Scientometrics

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This paper examines co-authorship of research articles in Thomson Reuters citation indexes in order to assess knowledge co-production in selected sub-Saharan African countries. Two indicators, namely publications and citations, were analysed to establish the patterns of knowledge co-production and its scientific impact, respectively. The study found that knowledge production through collaborative research among subSaharan African countries is minimal and contributes only a small percentage when compared to collaboration between sub-Saharan African countries and their foreign counterparts. Similarly, the scientific impact of international collaboration was higher than that of continental collaboration. Countries belonging to the same geographic region contributed to each other's knowledge production more frequently than they did to the countries outside their region. It is recommended that, for knowledge co-production in subSaharan Africa to improve, various measures such as encouraging student and staff exchange, hosting more regional conferences and encouraging research networks need to be put in place.

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“…Some have explored the collaborative dimensions hidden in such scientific publications [10][11][12]. As far as South African engineering research is concerned, there are a few relevant studies.…”

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Collaboration in South African Engineering Research

Sooryamoorthy

2011

The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering

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The production of scientific publications in engineering in South Africa has expanded over the last three decades. Because engineering is an important science, this expansion has implications for the growth and development of the economy. Drawing on a sample range of years of the publications stored in the ISI Web of Knowledge, the engineering publications of South Africans for a 30-year period from are analysed. This analysis shows that the production of scientific publications in engineering by South African researchers has increased during the analysed period; that the number of researchers per publication has grown; that the number of countries collaborating with South Africa has increased; and that the number of sole-authored papers has decreased. Domestic collaboration (between researchers within South Africa) has decreased, while international collaboration has grown considerably. The key objective of the paper is to find out whether the production of publications is related to the level of collaboration, and to see how collaboration can be regressed from other known variables. It is clear from the study that collaboration is a decisive factor in the production of scientific publications in engineering in South Africa.

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South–South research collaboration of countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Cited by 111 publications

References 23 publications

Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa

Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa

Knowledge production through collaborative research in sub-Saharan Africa: how much do countries contribute to each other’s knowledge output and citation impact?

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