Factors influencing research collaboration in LIS schools in South Africa

Maluleka, Jan Resenga; Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire; Ajiferuke, Isola

doi:10.1007/s11192-016-1846-0

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“…From the east of Africa, Kwanya (2018) surveyed the publishing patterns of Kenyan LIS authors on Google Scholar and reported that their perceived low publishing performance could be traced to a number of socio-economic and technological disadvantages, such as poor funding, underdeveloped scholarly communication skills, heavy teaching workloads amongst others. Down south, Maluleka, Onyancha, and Ajiferuke (2016) explored the inherent factors influencing research collaboration in LIS schools in South Africa. In addition to highlighting the factors militating against research collaboration in the country, their findings showed a significant and increase in single- and multi-authored publications between 1991 and 2012.…”

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Collaboration clusters, interdisciplinarity, scope and subject classification of library and information science research from Africa: An analysis of Web of Science publications from 1996 to 2015

Asubiaro

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2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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This study investigated the trends in the scope and subject classifications of library and information science research from authors that are affiliated with institutions in Africa. Library and information science journal articles and conference proceedings from the 54 African countries that were published between 2006 and 2015 and indexed in the Web of Science were retrieved for the study. After the removal of non-relevant articles and articles that were not available online, the library and information science publications were classified based on subject and scope. Results from the analysis of author keywords, country of affiliation, subject and scope classification were also visualized in network maps and bar charts. Frequency analysis shows that though computer science had the most profound influence on Africa’s library and information science research, its influence came to prominence in 2004. Furthermore, North African countries exhibited features that are different from the rest of Africa; they contributed most on core computer classifications while other African countries focused more on the social science-related aspects of library and information science. Unlike other regions in Africa, the North African countries also formed a dense collaboration cluster with strong interests in subjects that are conceptual and global in scope. The collaboration clustering analysis revealed an influence of some colonial languages of as a basis for forging strong collaboration between African and non-African countries. On the other hand, African countries tend to collaborate more with countries in their regions. Lastly, human computer interaction and library and information science history subject classifications were almost nonexistent. It is recommended that further studies should investigate why certain subject classifications are not well represented.

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Collaboration clusters, interdisciplinarity, scope and subject classification of library and information science research from Africa: An analysis of Web of Science publications from 1996 to 2015

Asubiaro

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2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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“…Meanwhile, Muriithi et al (2018) argue that academics who study abroad find it easy to collaborate with others due to the exposure to active research environments in developed countries. Maluleka et al (2016) and Tarusikirwa (2017) buttress the fact that universities need to tap on pockets of good practises from other universities in developing countries. These may include guidelines and strategies to promote research, research collaboration and research on how to assist female academics to enhance their research output and close the leaking pipeline.…”

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“…According to Chinyamurindi (2016) in understanding the career development processes of groups such as females, current concentration should shift to identifying those factors that may retain and sustain individual career development in a demanding context such as universities. Maluleka et al (2016), Tarusikirwa (2017) and Muriithi et al (2018) subscribe to the view that it is high time research collaboration among academics (females) is promoted because it holds massive potential such as networking, sharing of resources, enhancing productivity, overcoming intellectual isolation and achieving research goals. However, the extant literature shows that female academics are citied less in referred journals and tend to be under-represented in sole author positions (Scharber et al 2017).…”

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Barriers Affecting Research and Publication Efforts among Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities

2018

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1 <201104691@ufh.ac.za>, 2 , 3 ABSTRACT This paper examined the barriers to research and publication efforts of senior female academics in South African and Zimbabwean universities. The qualitative research approach was employed and semi-structured interviews comprising of 10 female academics with more than ten years of teaching within the university system were used as a sample and data were thematically analysed. It emerged from the study that the majority of female academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities did little research and publication due to heavy teaching workload, lack of scientific training and unavailability of workshops and inadequate funding. Moreover, lack of confidence, ignorance and lack of collaboration among academics were other major barriers established by the study. The paper recommends that the career trajectory of females be enhanced by providing ongoing training on scientific writing, adequate funding and promotion of co-authorship.

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“…One form of such transmission occurs via supervisors mentoring students. This is described as a mutually beneficial form of collaboration, through which the mentee gains access to the mentor's professional networks, experience and expertise, while the mentor gains the mentee's fresh perspectives and ideas (Maluleka, Onyancha, and Ajiferuke 2016).…”

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Development of research excellence: Insights from modes of work of high-achieving early-career researchers

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2021

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When early-career researchers show promise to become the next generation of leading researchers, it is in the best interest of their employers to nurture their careers. This objective requires adequate understanding and support, at both institutional and policy level, of the modes of work of these early-career achievers. Our in-depth, qualitative investigation constructs a rich account of the creative ideation, writing and communication strategies of several high-performing early-career researchers. These researchers, who have already produced a high volume of quality research, are shown to employ modes of work that maintain this output, sometimes in spite of, and not because of, performance-based research-funding incentives and other managerial tools aimed at encouraging quality research output. Our interpretation of these results against the background of relevant empirical and theoretical literature leads us to present findings that we anticipate would be of significant interest to other early-career researchers, as well as to research managers and policymakers.

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Factors influencing research collaboration in LIS schools in South Africa

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

Collaboration clusters, interdisciplinarity, scope and subject classification of library and information science research from Africa: An analysis of Web of Science publications from 1996 to 2015

Collaboration clusters, interdisciplinarity, scope and subject classification of library and information science research from Africa: An analysis of Web of Science publications from 1996 to 2015

Barriers Affecting Research and Publication Efforts among Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities

Development of research excellence: Insights from modes of work of high-achieving early-career researchers

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