== A scientometric assessment of the Southern Africa Development Community: science in the tip of Africa / Pouris, A. (2010)==

**Citation** - Pouris, A. (2010). A scientometric assessment of the Southern Africa Development Community: science in the tip of Africa. Scientometrics, 85(1), 145-154.

**Keyword** -

以科學計量評鑑南非發展社群：非洲科學

==Abstract==
* 背景/動機：
* 假定：
* 方法：
** The National Science Indicators database of Thomson-Reuters and the online ISI Web of Knowledge are utilized in order to identify the number of publications of the 15 countries over a period of 15 years; the activity and relative impact indicators of 22 scientific disciplines for each country and their collaborative patterns. 
* 資料：
* 發現：
** It is identified that South Africa with 19% of the population in the region is responsible for 60% of the regional GDP and 79% of the regions publications. 
** All countries tend to have the same focus in their disciplinary priorities and underemphasize disciplines such as engineering, materials science and molecular biology. (ISI偏差？)



== Note ==
沒有社會科學？

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