State of Public Science in the SADC Region
Mouton, Johann; Boshoff, Nelius; De Waal, Liezel; Esau, Simone; Van Niekerk, Derick; Ritter, MoniqueAbstract:
Africa’s share of world science, as measured in papers published in the citation indexes of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), has been declining steadily over the past decade. Bibliometric studies show that Sub-Saharan Africa’s share of world scientific papers declined from 1% in 1987 to 0,7% in 1996. These diminishing shares of African science overall do not reflect a decrease in absolute sense, but rather an increase in publication output less than the worldwide growth rate. Africa has lost 11% of its share in global science since its peak in 1987; Sub-Saharan science has lost almost a third (31%). The countries in Northern Africa – Egypt and the Maghreb countries (Algeria, Mauritania, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) – accounted for the modest growth of the African share of the worldwide output during the years 1998 to 2002. The countries in the south, on the other hand, have generally done worse.
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| Chapter Title: | State of Public Science in the SADC Region |
| Book Title: | Towards a Common Future |
| City: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Publisher: | Southern African Regional Universities Association |
| No. of Pages: | 106 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Document Type: | Chapter in Book (Not Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Contributory Studies and Research Approaches |
| Country: | Southern Africa |
| Keywords: | Science and Technology Indicators, Science and Technology Policy, Science and Technology, Southern Africa, Southern African Development Community SADC |
| File Size: | 3.14 MB |
| Rights: | SARUA |
| Date Added: | 04 March 2011 |