Research Metrics: Does it matter in the African scholarship and collaboration?

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2017-11

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UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking

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In the last 50 yrs: An exponential growth in scientific and knowledge expansion. In the recent past there has been interest in the trends in research in Africa. Spending in R&D is on the rise in subSaharan countries driven by investments by both public and private investment (UNESCO, 2015)

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Kavulya, J. M. (2017, November 2–3). Research metrics: Does it matter in African scholarship and collaboration? [Paper presented at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]. AfricArXiv. https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/items/bd8346d4-aa13-4e2e-814a-bb72324540e1