Hugo Confraria

TL;DR: The apparent productivity of African science, as measured by publications to gross domestic product, has risen in recent years to a level above the world average, although, when one looks at the equivalent ratio after it has been normalized by population, there is still a huge gap to overcome.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply bibliometric and econometric analysis to study how citation impact varies across countries and find that specialization in particular scientific fields seems significantly more important in the Global South than in the global North.

TL;DR: The results show that the RDs which higher diversity of research partners in their national scientific network work more intensively with industry, and that collaborations with industry are influenced by previous interactions with the private sector.

TL;DR: Investigating whether the distribution of medical research priorities and investment in medical research, across diseases in Africa, is related to the disease burden of local populations between 2006 and 2015 indicates that in sub-Saharan Africa, there is no clear trade-off between participating in global research networks and producing medical research that is aligned with local health needs.

TL;DR: Overall, the results suggest that, on average, researchers who produce more scientific publications in a year, collaborate more often with non-African partners, and do their highest qualification in an Anglo-Saxon university have a higher probability of producing highly cited research.