Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa

Academy of South Africa ()

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Abstract: The effect of globalization on knowledge exchange, which is mediated very largely through scientific journals being published in English, and having their origins in Europe and North America, has resulted in the neglect of regional journals. It has also led to the development of benchmarks based on bibliometric analysis of publication patterns that has resulted in global ranking of tertiary institutions. These trends are being countered in the African context, with its relatively neglected tertiary sector, by a need that is expressed by the African Academies of Science that are members of the Network of African Scientific Academies (NASAC), to consider the publication of high-quality journals that report work of significance to African scientists. The degree to which such a project is feasible, and whether it could be successfully implemented both in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent, needs to be explored.

Keywords: intellectual output; regional journals; bibliometric analysis; tertiary institutions; scientific journals; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-11
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