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Black academics publish one-fifth of South Africa’s research

But academia and publishing remain disproportionally white in wake of apartheid.
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The proportion of scientific articles published by academics in South Africa who are black, coloured or of Indian origin has risen almost tenfold since the end of apartheid, to about one-third, finds a report on scholarly publishing in the country. (Coloured, referring to people of mixed ethnic heritage, is a recognized racial classification in South Africa.)

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01446-6

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  • Correction 08 May 2019: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the total number of publications authored by South African researchers was 7,230 in 2006; it was 7,230 in 2005.

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