Transforming Science in South Africa Development, Collaboration and Productivity

Science is the cornerstone of development. As the connection between scientific advancement and development becomes firmer, efforts are directed towards strengthening the scientific system. This is increasingly relevant and indispensable for countries on the path to scientific progress. Collaboration has been accepted as a key factor in scientific advancement, and the effects of collaboration are often manifested in the productivity of scientists.
 
This book explores how science in South Africa has grown due to collaboration over the course of its colonial, apartheid and democratic regimes. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of collaboration in science and its relation to communication, networks and the productivity of scientists. In giving a detailed account of the concept of scientific collaboration, the South African model presented in this book has great significance not only for other African countries but also for developing nations generally. Transforming Science in South Africa: Development, Collaboration and Productivity will be of interest to anyone who wants to know how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world.

R.Sooryamoorthy is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

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