2021
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147273
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COVID-19 Pandemic Related Research in Africa: Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Output, Collaborations and Scientific Leadership

Abstract: Scientometrics enables scholars to assess and visualize emerging research trends and hot-spots in the scientific literature from a quantitative standpoint. In the last decades, Africa has nearly doubled its absolute count of scholarly output, even though its share in global knowledge production has dramatically decreased. The still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the way scholarly research is conducted, published, and disseminated. However, the COVID-19-related research focus, the scientific … Show more

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“… 17 Research institutions in Africa are significantly contributing to COVID-19 research. 18–20 However, to ensure that this research is used to inform local responses, evidence use and KT should be institutionalised.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“… 17 Research institutions in Africa are significantly contributing to COVID-19 research. 18–20 However, to ensure that this research is used to inform local responses, evidence use and KT should be institutionalised.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Institutionalisation of KT is particularly needed in African countries, where the use of evidence during decision-making is still challenging 17. Research institutions in Africa are significantly contributing to COVID-19 research 18–20. However, to ensure that this research is used to inform local responses, evidence use and KT should be institutionalised.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Abstracted data were presented in a narrative fashion, using tables and figures. Finally, findings were also visualized by means of bibliometrics/scientometrics, which is an emerging, highly specialized branch of information science that allows the rigorous, quantitative assessment of emerging research, in terms of topics, patterns, trends, and hot spots in the scientific literature [ 13 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The study assessed research productivity and impact, identified key research topics, hotspots in Covid-19 research, and key players in the collaboration network among countries, organizations and authors. Mbogning, Bragazzi, Tsinda, Bouba, Mmbando and Kong 3 identified key emerging research trends and hot-spots in the scientific literature on Covid-19 from Africa. The study looked at the research patterns among African researchers.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%