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Project 'connects the research outputs from leading African funding bodies to the global research ecosystem'
Group is aimed at showing how best to promote equitable collaboration and inclusion in scientific publishing
Simon Linacre outlines the changing dynamics of pharmaceutical research between Global North and Global South and the implications for scholarly communications
Lack of local investment limits the scope of research to whatever international actors decide, disenfranchising Africans, writes Ed Gerstner
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Academics from 107 countries will be able to publish their research open access in Cambridge journals at no cost
Vivek Mehra describes the foundation of Vikramshila, which aims to "embrace academics of all nations"
Shafina Segon and Vivek Mehra
Vikramshila is inviting researchers and professionals yearning to publish their findings to make contact
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere outlines how researchers in sub-Saharan countries are being hamstrung by economics
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From rapid disease information to a way to promote and share regional knowledge in multiple languages, preprints have come into their own in recent years. Siân Harris finds out more
Haseeb Md. Irfanullah looks at the role for Bangladesh libraries in driving the country's evolution
