Monitoring biodiversity loss in rapidly changing Afrotropical ecosystems: an emerging imperative for governance and research

AO Achieng, GB Arhonditsis… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa is experiencing extensive biodiversity loss due to rapid changes in the environment,
where natural resources constitute the main instrument for socioeconomic development and …

A world free of malaria: It is time for Africa to actively champion and take leadership of elimination and eradication strategies

CO Egwu, C Aloke, J Chukwu, A Agwu, E Alum… - African Health …, 2022 - ajol.info
The global burden of malaria seems unabated. Africa carries the greatest burden accounting
for over 95% of the annual cases of malaria. For the vision of a world free of malaria by …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the pandemic-enforced lockdown on the scholarly productivity of women academics in South Africa

C Walters, GG Mehl, P Piraino, JD Jansen, S Kriger - Research Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The underrepresentation of women in research is well-documented, in everything from
participation and leadership to peer review and publication. Even so, in the first months of …

[图书][B] Research universities in Africa

N Cloete, I Bunting, F Van Schalkwyk - 2018 - library.oapen.org
" From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor
community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this …

Fostering transdisciplinary research for sustainability in the Global South: Pathways to impact for funding programmes

F Schneider, Z Patel, K Paulavets, T Buser… - Humanities and Social …, 2023 - nature.com
Advancing global sustainable development hinges on strengthening the connections
between science, society, and policy, as well as addressing existing science inequalities …

The effect of data sources on the measurement of open access: A comparison of Dimensions and the Web of Science

I Basson, MA Simard, ZA Ouangré, CR Sugimoto… - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
With the growing number of open access (OA) mandates, the accurate measurement of OA
publishing is an important policy issue. Existing studies have provided estimates of the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and possible solutions for accessing scholarly literature among medical and nursing professionals and students in low-and-middle income …

M Zhang, L Doi, J Awua, H Asare, R Stenhouse - Nurse Education Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Access to high quality research literature is essential for educating nursing and
healthcare students to promote evidence-based practice. Within Low-and Middle-Income …

Responsible research, inequality in science and epistemic injustice: an attempt to open up thinking about inclusiveness in the context of RI/RRI

S Koch - Journal of Responsible Innovation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Inclusiveness is a key theme in scholarship on Responsible Innovation (RI) and
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). RI/RRI researchers make a strong case for …

Mapping computer science research in Africa: using academic networking sites for assessing research activity

M Harsh, R Bal, A Weryha, J Whatley, CC Onu… - Scientometrics, 2021 - Springer
Much of the research conducted in Africa that can address social and economic challenges
on the continent remains invisible when using standard bibliometric databases because …

Science for implementation: the roles, experiences, and perceptions of practitioners involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

MA North, NB Hunter, DC Roberts, R Slotow - Climate Action, 2022 - nature.com
In the climate change arena, the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), while not policy prescriptive, are important for informing international …