Title Seeking impact and visibility : scholarly communication in Southern Africa / Henry Trotter, Catherine Kell, Michelle Willmers, Eve Gray & Thomas King

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 246 pages)) : illustrations, maps Contents Executive summary -- Programme overview -- Project components and methodology -- The Southern African university context -- Scholarly communication policy landscape in Southern Africa -- Research and communication practices -- The SCAP implementation initiative -- Challenges, contradictions and opportunities -- Key findings -- Recommendations -- References Summary African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars' work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) Notes Print version record Subject Universities and colleges -- Africa, Southern Research -- Publishing -- Africa, Southern Open access publishing -- Africa, Southern Scholarly publishing -- Africa, Southern Communication in learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations -- Africa, Southern Communication in learning and scholarship -- Africa, Southern REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers. Communication in learning and scholarship Communication in learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations Open access publishing Scholarly publishing Universities and colleges Southern Africa Form Electronic book Author King, Thomas (Research Assistant), author Gray, Eve Horwitz, author Willmers, Michelle, author Kell, Catherine, author University of Cape Town. Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme, issuing body ISBN 9781620677551 1620677555 1920677518 9781920677510

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