Transforming Science in South Africa: Development, Collaboration and Productivity

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. R. Sooryamoorthy 1. Introduction 2. Science in Africa and in South Africa: An Historical Review 3. Scientific Collaboration-Towards Conceptual Clarity 4. Research Publications of South African Scientists, 1945-2010 5. Publications through Collaboration 6. Scientific Research in South Africa 7. Communication, Professional Networks and Productivity 8. Collaboration Experience: Portrait of an Eminent Scientist 9. Science and a Model for Scientific Collaboration