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- * Neuroscience accounts for 9.1% of medical publications, with South Africa leading in the number of published articles.
- * A positive correlation exists between a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its total neuroscience publications, indicating a need for strategies to enhance research in this field across the continent.*
Article Abstract
There are limited data on the contribution of the African continent to neuroscience research and publications. This review aims to provide a clear view on the state of neuroscience research among African countries, and to compare neuroscience research within the 52 African countries. A literature review search was conducted for all published articles by African authors in both local and international journals using Medline and other primary databases. Neuroscience represents 9.1% of the total medical publications. The highest percentage of neuroscience publications comes from South Africa. There is a positive correlation between the Gross Domestic Product and the total number of neuroscience publications among African countries. There is therefore an urgent need to develop strategies to improve neuroscience research in African countries.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803076 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensci.2015.10.005 | DOI Listing |
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