Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa

Pouris, Anastassios; Ho, Yuh‐Shan

doi:10.1007/s11192-013-1156-8

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“…Scientific relationships are highly resource-dependent (Pouris and Ho 2014). However, our analysis has demonstrated the potential utility of combining collaboration and mobility indicators to identify preferred partners, inform policies, and identify potential areas for establishing mobility programs.…”

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Travel bans and scientific mobility: utility of asymmetry and affinity indexes to inform science policy

Chinchilla‐Rodríguez

Robinson-García

et al. 2018

Scientometrics

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This study explores the international profiles in collaboration and mobility of countries included in the so-called ''travel bans'' implemented by US President Trump as executive order in 2017. The objective of this research is to analyze the exchange of knowledge between countries and the relative importance of specific countries in order to inform evidence-based science policy. The work serves as a proof-of-concept of the utility of asymmetry and affinity indexes for collaboration and mobility. Comparative analyses of these indicators can be useful for informing immigration policies and motivating collaboration and mobility relationships-emphasizing the importance of geographic and cultural similarities. Egocentric and relational perspectives are analyzed to provide various lenses on the importance of countries. Our analysis suggests that comparisons of

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Travel bans and scientific mobility: utility of asymmetry and affinity indexes to inform science policy

Chinchilla‐Rodríguez

Robinson-García

et al. 2018

Scientometrics

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“…[1][2][3] There are limited mapping and comparative assessments in the field of energy nationally and internationally. Relevant literature includes Vlachy 4 , Pouris et al 5 , Uzun 6 and Kostoff et al 7 .…”

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bibliometric assessment of energy research in South Africa

Pouris¹

2016

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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The results of an effort to identify the performance of energy and fuels research in South Africa during the most recent period (2003–2013) are reported. Bibliometric approaches have been employed in order to assess the field of energy research. Energy research was identified to be improving over time, albeit from a small basis. The field appears to equally emphasise fossil and renewable energy research. Similarly, universities were identified to be producing a subcritical number of energy articles in comparison with international organisations. The relatively small activity in the energy field appears to affect the international collaboration of the field, which is well below the national average. International comparisons in terms of articles per GWH of electricity produced and articles per million population show that South Africa should increase substantially its effort in the field in order to be comparable with other countries.

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“…The countries that collaborated most often with South African researchers were Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Comparison between the 2002-2004-2014 periods shows that the number of collaborative articles increased across all countries. It is also apparent that SA-SADC co-authorship in the area of 'water resources' is almost nonexistent.…”

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“…A number of articles have investigated the state of research in Africa in general (Narvaez-Berthelemot et al, 2002;Pouris et al, 2014); research in the SADC region (Pouris 2010); the performance of research on water in Africa (Wambu et al, 2016); and water research in South Africa Siebrits et al, 2014). This article aims to focus on the performance of water research in the SADC region.…”

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Water research and collaboration in the Southern African Development Community

Pouris

2018

WSA

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This article investigates water-related research in the Southern African Development Community. Water issues are part of the region's science and technology priorities as 4countries receive less rain than the global average of 860 mm/yr -Botswana with 400 mm/yr, Namibia with 254 mm/yr, South Africa with 497 mm/yr and Zimbabwe with 652 mm/yr. Furthermore, the international literature indicates that joint or internationally coordinated research has the potential to improve the scientific-technical quality of international agreements, prevent conflict and shape the way for appropriate management of the shared resources. Scientometric analysis using the Web of Science database is employed in order to identify the state of water research and collaboration in the SADC region. The Web of Science indexes a defined set of journals worldwide and the South African Government provides incentives/subsidies for publications indexed by this database. The results show that South Africa is the main producer (80%) of research publications in the region. Similarly, in the field of water research South Africa produces 75% of the region's research. The SADC collaboration matrix in water-related research reveals that there is minimal, if any, collaborative research on the topic. Some seed-level research exists between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

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Research emphasis and collaboration in Africa

Cited by 126 publications

References 22 publications

Travel bans and scientific mobility: utility of asymmetry and affinity indexes to inform science policy

Travel bans and scientific mobility: utility of asymmetry and affinity indexes to inform science policy

bibliometric assessment of energy research in South Africa

Water research and collaboration in the Southern African Development Community

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