Africa’s research publishing landscape: examining journals, publishers, and the infrastructure behind them
The paper concludes by highlighting the urgent need for coordinated, African-led investments in shared infrastructure, multilingual publishing strategies, and national indexing systems. These efforts are essential to enhance research equity, reduce dependency on external platforms, and ensure African knowledge systems are robust, inclusive, and visible in a rapidly evolving global publishing environment.
Authors
- Nora Ndege (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2525-9871)
- Jonathan Harle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-2969)
- Haseeb Md. Irfanullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-8922)
- T.G.H. Drake
Institutions
- Center for Global Development (US)
- University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (BD)
- International Network for Advancing Science and Policy (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Africa
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openresafrica.16040.1
- Primary Topic
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00