It is important to analyse the scientific performance of nations to help evaluate the effectiveness of current policies and to aid future planning. In response, this article reports a trend analysis of the number of Scopus-indexed publications and their average impact for 48 African countries 1996-2015, using fractional authorship counting and field normalised log citation rates, relative to the world average. The results show an encouraging and almost universal trend for African countries to increase their share of the world’s output during this period, but most also experienced a decrease in their citation impact relative to the world average. The decline in relative citation impact is not an immediate cause for concern since it may be a ...
Abstract Background The research productivity of countries commonly grouped within sub-Saharan Afric...
The paper examines the change in volume of South African publications as indexed to the Web of Scien...
An analysis of the papers published in the African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Scie...
The number of scientific papers published by researchers in Africa has been rising faster than the t...
The number of scientific papers published by researchers in Africa has been rising faster than the t...
This paper argues that Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more journals indexed by ISI Web of Scie...
Citation is one of the most important instruments in analysing the impact of scientific productivity...
This article reports for first time the state of science and technology in the African Continent on ...
This document presents an overview of (recent) historical as well as current trends in scientific pr...
This research explores the changing impacts and quality of African scientific publications and provi...
Background: Scientific publications play an important role in scientific process providing a key li...
Background: Scientific publications play an important role in scientific process providing a key lin...
This paper argues that Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more journals indexed by ISI Web of Scien...
challenges faced by journal publishers and researchers in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as recommendat...
We tested if peer-reviewed conservation research output has increased in sub-Saharan African countri...
Abstract Background The research productivity of countries commonly grouped within sub-Saharan Afric...
The paper examines the change in volume of South African publications as indexed to the Web of Scien...
An analysis of the papers published in the African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Scie...
The number of scientific papers published by researchers in Africa has been rising faster than the t...
The number of scientific papers published by researchers in Africa has been rising faster than the t...
This paper argues that Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more journals indexed by ISI Web of Scie...
Citation is one of the most important instruments in analysing the impact of scientific productivity...
This article reports for first time the state of science and technology in the African Continent on ...
This document presents an overview of (recent) historical as well as current trends in scientific pr...
This research explores the changing impacts and quality of African scientific publications and provi...
Background: Scientific publications play an important role in scientific process providing a key li...
Background: Scientific publications play an important role in scientific process providing a key lin...
This paper argues that Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more journals indexed by ISI Web of Scien...
challenges faced by journal publishers and researchers in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as recommendat...
We tested if peer-reviewed conservation research output has increased in sub-Saharan African countri...
Abstract Background The research productivity of countries commonly grouped within sub-Saharan Afric...
The paper examines the change in volume of South African publications as indexed to the Web of Scien...
An analysis of the papers published in the African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Scie...