Sub-Saharan African science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research : a decade of development / / Andreas Blom, George Lan, and Mariam Adil

• Autore: Blom Andreas
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (115 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.67
• Soggetto topico: Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Technology - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Engineering - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Mathematics - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Education - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): LanGeorge; AdilMariam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; A Report by the World Bank and Elsevier; Methodology; Key Findings and Policy Recommendations; Defining National Policies; Chapter 1 Methodology; Methodology; Notes; Chapter 2 Research Outputs and Citation Impact; Introduction; Key Findings; Research Output; Citation Impact; Research Per Capita; Novel Measures of Research Impact; Interpretation of Key Findings; Notes; Chapter 3 Research Collaboration; Introduction; Key Findings; International Collaboration; Citation Impact of Collaboration ; Cross-Sector CollaborationTop Collaborating Institutions; Interpretation of Key Findings on Research Collaboration; Notes; Chapter 4 Researcher Mobility; Introduction; Key Findings; Researcher Mobility Model; Indicators; International Mobility; Cross-Region Comparisons; Interpretation of Key Findings on Researcher Mobility; Note; Appendix A Glossary; Note; Appendix B Data Sources and Methodology; Data Sources; Methodology and Rationale; Measuring International Researcher Mobility; Measuring Article Downloads; Notes; Appendix C Africa Region Classification; Appendix D Subject Classification ; Background on Scopus All Science Journal Classification SystemAppendix E International Researcher Mobility Maps; References; Boxes ; ES.1 Supporting High-Quality and Relevant Research: Uganda Millennium Science Initiative; 2.1 R&D Funding and Funding Mechanisms Matter: The Case of South Africa; 2.2 Growth Mirrors Allocation of Resources: Learning from Health in Sub-Saharan Africa GERD by Field of Science; 2.3 Researchers Are Concentrated in the Field of Medical and Health Sciences; Figures ; ES.1 Overall Number of Articles and Compound Annual Growth Rate for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12ES.2 Percentage of Total Article Output in the Physical Sciences and STEM Versus the Health Sciences for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2012; ES.3 Level of International Collaboration for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, 2012, and Percentage of Nonlocal, Transitory Researchers for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, 1996-2013; ES.4 Interregional Collaboration between Sub-Saharan Africa Regions ; 2.1 Overall Number of Articles for Sub-Saharan Africa and Comparator Countries, 2003-122.2 World Publication Shares for Sub-Saharan Africa and Comparator Countries, 2003-12; 2.3 Percentage of Total Article Output by Subject Grouping for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa, 2003 vs. 2012; 2.4 World Citation Share across All Subject Groupings for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12; 2.5 Field-Weighted Citation Impact versus World Article Share for All Subject Groupings for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Institutions, 2003-12 ; 2.6 Field-Weighted Citation Impact versus World Article Share for the Physical Sciences and STEM for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12
• Titolo autorizzato: Sub-Saharan African science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research
• ISBN: 1-4648-0701-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460856203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II