Africa’s science research output doubles in a decade

[NAIROBI]  Three regions in Sub-Saharan Africa almost doubled their combined share of global research output, but the increase is still low, says a new World Bank report.

Researchers from the Work Bank and Elsevier analysed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research published in Scopus, an abstract and citation database that covers more than 21,000 journals, for the period 2003 to 2012. They identified research...