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Based on primary data gathered from scientists working in research institutes, in a university and in an agricultural college located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, this chapter presents the features of scientific research as it exists in today’s South Africa. Specifically the research projects of both collaborative and non-collaborative kinds of respondents, their distinctive collaborative facets and the factors that predict collaborative research in South Africa are discussed.
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Sooryamoorthy, R. (2015). Scientific Research in South Africa. In: Transforming Science in South Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493071_6
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