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(Africa) Escaping ‘bibliometric coloniality’, ‘epistemic inequality’ – University World News (Wagdy sawahel | February 2023)

Posted by Connar Allen in Research Integrity on February 25, 2023
Keywords: Authorship, Culture, Journal, Publication ethics, Research integrity

The Linked Original Item was Posted On February 15, 2023

Sunrise over the savanna and grass fields in central Kruger National Park in South Africa

Africa’s scholarly journals compete on an unequal playing field because of a lack of funding and the struggle to sustain academic credibility.

This interesting and thought provoking piece argues that commercial interest and neocolonial prejudices are fuelling discussions about predatory publishers.  Incredibly important issues are how Indigenous and local knowledge is valued and how its place in a cultural context is valued.

“These inequalities are exacerbated by the growing influence of the major citation indexes, leading to what we have called bibliometric coloniality,” say the authors of the book, Who Counts? Ghanaian academic publishing and global science, published by African Minds at the start of 2023.

“The rules of the game continue to be defined outside the continent. We hope that, in some small way, this book contributes to the renaissance and renewal of African-centred research and publishing infrastructures,” the authors say.

The book was authored by David Mills, Patricia Kingori and Abigail Branford from the University of Oxford, as well as Samuel Chatio and Paulina Tindana at the University of Ghana, along with Natasha Robinson at the University of Bristol.

Escaping ‘bibliometric coloniality’, ‘epistemic inequality’
Africa’s scholarly journals compete on an unequal playing field because of a lack of funding and the struggle to sustain academic credibility. These…

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