Peripheral scholarship and the context of foreign paid publishing in Nigeria

Current Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 666-684

  Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa ^a   Akanle, Olayinka ^a   Adeniran, Adebusuyi Isaac ^b   Adegboyega, Kamorudeen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Academia en Nigeria; Global North; Global South; international publishing; Nigerian scholarship; Nord mondialis ; norte global; paid publishing; peripheral publishing; publicaci n internacional; publicaci n pagada; Publicaci n perif rica; publication internationale; publication payante; Publication p riph rique; recherche nig riane; Sud mondialis ; sur global

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906766345     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392113508127     Document Type: Article

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