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UNESCOFigure 19.8: SCIENCE Scientific REPORT publication trends in East and Central , 2005–2014 CENTRAL SOUTH AFRICAN 11.3% Share of Kenyan papers among EQUATORIAL 10% most cited, 2008–2012; REPUBLIC the G20 average is 10.2% OF CONGO 200 6.3% BURUNDI Share of Ethiopian papers among 10% most cited, 2008–2012; the G20 average is 10.2%

Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Cameroon produce the most publications

1 500 12.9% Kenya 1 374 Share of Ugandan papers among 10% most cited, 2008–2012; the G20 average is 10.2%

900 Ethiopia 865

Uganda 757 Cameroon 706

600 571

300 303 281 244

Rwanda 143 Gabon 137 70 Congo, 56 Rep.111 0 13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 35 Central African Rep. 32 30 26 Chad 26 25 21 Eritrea 22 20 20 Burundi 18 15 Djibouti 15

10 8 Somalia 7 3 5 2 Eq. Guinea 4 1 Sth. Sudan 0 1 0 0 Comoros 0

514 Life sciences dominate research in Central and East and Cumulative totals by field for countries which recorded 15 articles or more in the Web of Science in 2014

Burundi 4 23 12 20 1 16 1 5 5

Cameroon 203 7 1 132 189 15 179 326 134 577 11 369 3 45 Central 81 2 13 3 31 2 3 Chapter 19 African Rep.

Chad 1 3 27 23 1 27 1 1 3

4 Congo, Rep. 19 210 10 8 44 7 176 3 19 11

Djibouti 6 6 1 12 11 1

Eritrea 5 17 5 2 23 3 20 3 4

24 8 Ethiopia 414 14 866 120 51 451 38 1 000 6 101 117 1 10 6 323 6 37 12 153 Gabon 3 14 3 90 Kenya 587 6 2 626 91 505 16 1 773 74 49 7 68 205 4 31 2 144 310 33 2 195 6 16 Rwanda 3 11

10 71 36 Uganda 157 5 1 310 36 192 13 1 229 12 13 82

Agriculture Astronomy Biological sciences Chemistry Computer science Engineering Geosciences Mathematics Medical sciences Other life sciences Physics Psychology Social sciences

Gabon was the most productive in 2014 Articles per million inhabitants for the most productive countries

Gabon 80.1

Cameroon 30.9

Kenya 30.2

Congo, Rep. 24.3 Uganda 19.5 71.0% 95.3% Lowest (Ethiopia) and highest (Rwanda) share of foreign Rwanda 11.8 co-authors among 7 most prolific countries, 2008–2014; Ethiopia 9.0 the G20 average is 24.6%

Scientists co-author most with partners outside Africa, some also with Kenya and Main foreign partners of the 12 countries with the most publications, 2008–2014 (number of papers)

1st collaborator 2nd collaborator 3rd collaborator 4th collaborator 5th collaborator Burundi (38) (32) USA (18) Kenya (16) UK (13) Cameroon (1 153) USA (528) Germany (429) South Africa (340) UK (339) Cent. African Rep. France (103) USA (32) Cameroon (30) Gabon (29) (23) Chad France (66) (28) Cameroon (20) UK/USA (14) Congo, Rep. France (191) USA (152) Belgium (132) UK (75) Switzerland (68) Djibouti France (31) USA/UK (6) (5) (4) Eritrea USA (24) India (20) (18) Netherlands (13) UK (11) Ethiopia USA (776) UK (538) Germany (314) India (306) Belgium (280) Gabon France (334) Germany (231) USA (142) UK (113) Netherlands (98) Kenya USA (2 856) UK (1 821) South Africa (750) Germany (665) Netherlands (540) Rwanda USA (244) Belgium (107) Netherlands (86) Kenya (83) UK (82) Uganda USA (1 709) UK (1 031) Kenya (477) South Africa (409) Sweden (311)

Source: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded; data treatment by Science–Metrix

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