Transforming Science in South Africa [electronic resource] : Development, Collaboration and Productivity /
Sooryamoorthy, R.author.
This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Map; Tables; Map; Foreword; Preface; About the Author; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Science in Africa and in South Africa: A Historical Review; Science and Africa; Science in South Africa; Under European colonialism: 1652-1948; During apartheid: 1948-94; In the new South Africa: 1994 and after; Conclusion; 3 Scientific Collaboration: Towards Conceptual Clarity; Significance and relevance; Conceptual components; Motivations, determinants and origins; Forms; Disciplinary nature; Institutional structure and cultural antecedents
Benefits and rewardsProductivity; Trust; Communication; Collaboration effectiveness; Challenges within; 4 Research Publications of South African Scientists, 1945-2010; Co-authorship; Data and method; South African publications, 1945-2010; Features; Appendices; 5 Publications through Collaboration; Collaboration; Partnering countries; Sectoral combinations; Subjects and citations; Collaborative versus non-collaborative research; Conclusion; Appendix; 6 Scientific Research in South Africa; Scientists and academics; Research activities; Research projects and facets of collaboration
Collaboration versus non-collaborationPredicting collaboration; Conclusion; 7 Communication, Professional Networks and Productivity; Productivity and collaboration; Communication and collaboration; Professional contacts and communication; Communication, collaboration and productivity; Conclusion; 8 Collaboration Experience: Portrait of an Eminent Scientist; Collaboration and publication productivity; 9 Science and a Model for Scientific Collaboration; Scientific collaboration; The South African model; The scientific system; Notes; 1 Introduction
2 Science in Africa and in South Africa: A Historical Review3 Scientific Collaboration: Towards Conceptual Clarity; 4 Research Publications of South African Scientists, 1945-2010; 7 Communication, Professional Networks and Productivity; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present.
Ethnology—Africa.
Economic development.
History.
Sociology.
Science—Social aspects.
African Culture.
Development Studies.
History of Science.
Sociology, general.
Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.