Seeking Impact and Visibility: Scholarly Communication in Southern Africa

9 781920 677510 ISBN 978-1-920677-51-0 AFRICAN MINDS SEKIN G IM PCT AN d V ISILITY ch o lrly co m m u n icatio n in So u th rn arica African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars’ work.