A bibliometric analysis of South Africa's scientific outputs - some trends and implications

The paper examines the change in volume of South African publications as indexed to the Web of Science over the periods 1990 - 1994 and 2004 - 2008. It was noted that publication volumes have increased sharply even while the stock of researchers has remained static. A number of factors may account f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael Kahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2011-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:http://192.168.0.121/index.php/sajs/article/view/9882