Peer review, scholarship and editors of scientific publications: the death of scientific knowledge in Africa

This paper argues that the manner in which scholarship peer review as a process of scientific quality is conducted and perceived in the editorial arena is a cause of insufficient knowledge production in Africa and developing countries. Argument still persist that the developing countries such as Afr...

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Main Author: Sebola, Mokoko Piet (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: South African Publ. 2018
In: Koers
Year: 2018, Volume: 83, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-13
RelBib Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B editor
B Peer review
B Knowledge
B Scholarship
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