Seeking Impact and Visibility : Scholarly Communication in Southern Africa

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: University of Cape Town. Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme, issuing body (issuing body)
Otros Autores: Trotter, Henry, auithor (auithor), King, Thomas (Research Assistant), author (author), Gray, Eve Horwitz, author, Willmers, Michelle, author, Kell, Catherine, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse 2014
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Universities and colleges > Africa, Southern.
Research > Publishing > Africa, Southern.
Open access publishing > Africa, Southern.
Scholarly publishing > Africa, Southern.
Communication in learning and scholarship > Technological innovations > Africa, Southern.
Communication in learning and scholarship > Africa, Southern.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429948806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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