Open AccessResearch productivity in science and its relationship to race in South Africa
Author(s) -
R. Sooryamoorthy,
Mduduzi Nkosinathi Gladwin Mtshali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
south african journal of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1996-7489
pISSN - 0038-2353
DOI - 10.17159/sajs.2020/6838
Subject(s) - productivity , race (biology) , higher education , rank (graph theory) , political science , impact factor , geography , social science , economic growth , socioeconomics , demographic economics , gender studies , sociology , economics , mathematics , combinatorics , law
The research productivity of scholars is ordinarily affected by a combination of factors such as their age, gender, academic age, rank, qualification, experience, discipline, collaboration and co-authorship. A factor not often included in the analysis of research productivity is race. We examined the inter-relationship between race and other pertinent variables of research productivity of scholars in South Africa, drawing data from two waves of study. We found that there was an increase in the proportion of African respondents and in the productivity of both African and Indian respondents. Compared to 2008, African respondents had higher mean values than the rest in measures such as papers written in the last year, papers published in foreign journals, combined measure of journal publications and in total productivity in 2014. A significant proportion of African respondents has been moved to South Africa.