Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa

Neuroscience research in Africa remains sparse. Devising new policies to boost Africa’s neuroscience landscape is imperative, but these must be based on accurate data on research outputs which is largely lacking. Such data must reflect the heterogeneity of research environments across the continent’...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 3429
Main Authors:	Maina, M. B., Ahmad, U., Ibrahim, H. A., Hamidu, S. K., Nasr, F. E., Salihu, A. T., Abushouk, A. I., Abdurrazak, M., Awadelkareem, M. A., Amin, A., Imam, A., Akinrinade, I. D., Yakubu, A. H., Azeez, I. A., Mohammed, Y. G., Adamu, A. A., Ibrahim, H. B., Bukar, A. M., Yaro, A. U., Goni, B. W., Prieto-Godino, L. L., Baden, T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 08-06-2021 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	631/378 706/648 706/648/1496 706/648/479 Africa Authorship Documents Funding Heterogeneity Humanities and Social Sciences Information processing Internationality Journal Impact Factor multidisciplinary Nervous system Neurosciences Neurosciences - economics Neurosciences - trends Publications - trends Research Support as Topic - economics Science Science (multidisciplinary) Africa
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Summary:	Neuroscience research in Africa remains sparse. Devising new policies to boost Africa’s neuroscience landscape is imperative, but these must be based on accurate data on research outputs which is largely lacking. Such data must reflect the heterogeneity of research environments across the continent’s 54 countries. Here, we analyse neuroscience publications affiliated with African institutions between 1996 and 2017. Of 12,326 PubMed indexed publications, 5,219 show clear evidence that the work was performed in Africa and led by African-based researchers - on average ~5 per country and year. From here, we extract information on journals and citations, funding, international coauthorships and techniques used. For reference, we also extract the same metrics from 220 randomly selected publications each from the UK, USA, Australia, Japan and Brazil. Our dataset provides insights into the current state of African neuroscience research in a global context. Here, the authors survey neuroscience publications from Africa over the past two decades, highlighting areas of active research, international networks, funding, and techniques used.
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ISSN:	2041-1723 2041-1723
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-021-23784-8