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Scientometric assessment of selected R&D priority areas in South Africa: A comparison with other BRICS countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Xolani Makhoba --- Institute of Technological Innovation, Graduate School of Technology Management, Pretoria South Africa Anastassios Pouris --- Institute of Technological Innovation, Graduate School of Technology Management, Pretoria South AfricaA scientometric analysis of selected research priority areas in South Africa was done using the Web of Science database for the period 2002–2012. The performance of the country in the areas of biotechnology, energy, astronomy and palaeontology in terms of... -
Engineering research profile of countries in the African Union
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Swapan Kumar Patra --- Business School, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Mammo Muchie --- DST/NRF SARChI Professor, South AfricaScholarly publication output of engineering research from the member countries of the African Union (AU) are mapped using scholarly publication data from the Scopus® database of Elsevier. The countries are ranked based on various parameters, for example; number of publications,... -
R&D productivity for science, technology and innovation policy development in Nigeria: A scientometric analysis of academic literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olufikayo Abodunde --- , Nigeria Oluseye Jegede --- , South AfricaThis study purposively selected 148 Science and Engineering Journals out of the 221 Journals registered on the African Journal Online (AJOL) directory. Data harvested were analyzed on a year-wise basis from 2012 to 2016, to identify the positive or negative...