Geography of Africa biomedical publications: An analysis of 1996–2005 PubMed papers
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Health Geographics
- Vol. 6 (1) , 46
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072x-6-46
Abstract
Scientific publications play an important role in scientific process providing a key linkage between knowledge production and use. Scientific publishing activity worldwide over the past decades shows that most countries in Africa have low levels of publication. We sought to examine trends and contribution of different Africa subregions and individual countries as represented by the articles indexed by PubMed between 1996 and 2005.Keywords
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