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Research in developing countries is faced with many problems, with most institutions of higher learning characterized by low levels of research output. Many scholars are in agreement that collaboration in research yields a number of benefits, and could be seen as a means of promoting research systems and productivity in Africa. Many studies on research collaborations have focused on the developed...
To make research and development investments where they will have the most impact, it is critical to understand why some science and engineering gateway or portal projects change the way that science is conducted at a fundamental level in a given community. This paper provides some initial reflections on a June 2010 focus group with the goals of uncovering some of these characteristics of success...
The productivity of scientists and the quality of their papers differ enormously. Still, all papers written get published eventually and the impact factor of the publication channel is not correlated to the citations that individual papers receive. Hence it does not matter where to publish papers. Based on these two conjectures, I conclude that all papers should be published. The review process should...
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