International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Why Are African Researchers Left Behind in Global Scientific Publications? – A Viewpoint

Document Type : Viewpoint

Authors
Juliet Nabyonga-Orem 1, 2
James Avoka Asamani 1, 2
Olushayo Olu 1
1 World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo
2 Centre for Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, NorthWest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
10.34172/ijhpm.2024.8149
Abstract
Why Are African Researchers Left Behind in Global Scientific Publications? – A Viewpoint
Keywords
Health Research Capacity
Scientific Publication
Article Processing Charges
Africa

Background 

 

Despite the many years of training and capacity building in health research, the low publication record by African scientists is a matter of concern. The modest improvements registered in the recent past, with a reported increase in Africa’s share of world publication output from 1.5% in 2005 to 3.20% in 2016,1 is nothing to celebrate. Africans’ contribution to the global share of 36 326 indexed publications on SARS-CoV-2/ COVID-19 10 months into the pandemic was only 3.0%.2 ...(Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 13, Issue 1
2024
Pages 1-4

  • Received Date 06 June 2023
  • Revised Date 26 October 2023
  • Accepted Date 16 March 2024
  • First Published Date 17 March 2024
  • Published Date 01 December 2024