Knowledge production through collaborative research in sub-Saharan Africa: How much do countries contribute to each other's knowledge output and citation impact?

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-336

  Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire ^a   Maluleka, Jan Resenga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Citation impact; Knowledge production; Research collaboration; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953268301     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0330-5     Document Type: Article

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