scholarly journals Challenges Facing Scientific Research in Developing Countries: 2. Environment and Resources

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Z. Badr
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Scientific Research

Developing the culture and discipline of conducting and publishing scientific research: Guiding principles

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Daniel Obeng-Ofori
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Weekly Schedule ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Heavy Workload ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Mentoring System ◽  
Critical Constraints

The pressure to publish is a fact of life in academia. Academics are expected to demonstrate that they are active researchersand that their work has been vetted by peers and disseminated in reputable scholarly forums. In practice, however, a numberof critical constraints hamper effective publication of scientific research in most developing countries. These include lackof effective mentoring system, poor facilities and inadequate funding for effective research and heavy workload where toomuch time and effort are spent in teaching, grading, meetings and other non-academic activities. In spite of these seeminglyinsurmountable challenges, with proper planning and commitment, one can still conduct research and publish to advanceones career and exchange of knowledge. The paper discusses the critical guiding principles in scientific writing and publishingin an unfriendly research environment as pertains in most universities in the developing world. The overriding principle isto cultivate the discipline of scientific writing consciously and follow it through religiously. This could be achieved if time isallocated for scientific writing in the scheme of weekly schedule of activities and made to be functional through meticulousplanning and commitment. Equally important is to avoid procedural mistakes in scientific writing. While the quality of theresearch is the single most important factor in determining whether an article will be published, a number of proceduralmistakes can help tip the balance against its publication. It should also be noted that when a manuscript is submitted to ascholarly journal, there are two audiences to satisfy: first the editor and external reviewers, and then the journal’s readers.That first group must be satisfied to create the opportunity to appeal to the second. Thus, familiarity with the style and tone ofthe specific journal is crucial.

scholarly journals Light People: Professor Chennupati Jagadish

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Research Career ◽  
National University ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities ◽  
Australian Academy ◽  
Young Researchers

EditorialIn 2018, the Indian film “Starting Line” focused the public’s attention on the issue of education in India. It depicted the length some Indian parents were willing to go to secure educational resources for their children, as well as the difficulties faced by those disadvantaged in society in their fight for equal educational opportunities. In reality, many brilliant young Indian talents have been able to study in Australia through a fund set up by Prof. Chennupati Jagadish, a Distinguished Professor of the Australian National University. Prof. Jagadish is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. In 2018 he was awarded a UNESCO Prize for his contribution to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He holds many positions, and has won numerous awards. What started Prof. Jagadish on his scientific research career? How did he become the respected scientist he is today? What was his intention in setting up the educational fund for students from developing countries? What advice does he have for young researchers? Here are the answers from Prof. Jagadish.

scholarly journals Retrospective and Prospective Look at Aflatoxin Research and Development from a Practical Standpoint

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreddine Benkerroum
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Aflatoxin Production ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
Practical Standpoint

Among the array of structurally and toxicologically diverse mycotoxins, aflatoxins have attracted the most interest of scientific research due to their high toxicity and incidence in foods and feeds. Despite the undeniable progress made in various aspects related to aflatoxins, the ultimate goal consisting of reducing the associated public health risks worldwide is far from being reached due to multiplicity of social, political, economic, geographic, climatic, and development factors. However, a reasonable degree of health protection is attained in industrialized countries owing to their scientific, administrative, and financial capacities allowing them to use high-tech agricultural management systems. Less fortunate situation exists in equatorial and sub-equatorial developing countries mainly practicing traditional agriculture managed by smallholders for subsistence, and where the climate is suitable for mould growth and aflatoxin production. Accordingly, it is difficult to harmonize the regulatory standards of aflatoxins worldwide, which prevents agri-foods of developing countries from access to the market of industrialized countries. To tackle the multi-facetted aflatoxin problems, actions should be taken collectively by the international community involving scientific research, technological and social development, environment protection, etc. International cooperation should foster technology transfer and exchange of pertinent technical information. This review presents the main historical discoveries leading to our present knowledge on aflatoxins and the challenges that should be addressed presently and in the future at various levels to ensure higher health protection for everybody. In short, it aims to elucidate where we come from and where we should go in terms of aflatoxin research/development.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 on Higher Education: A Review on the Moroccan Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Belhassan Khaoula ◽  
Azegagh Jalal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Research Mission ◽  
Skilled Workforce ◽  
The Impact

The period 1999-2009 was considered as “the decade of education” in Morocco because of the main projects of the overhaul of the education system launched during this period. This period has seen profound reforms which affected the organization, pedagogy, and financial management of Moroccan universities to improve their performances and to offer the market a skilled workforce. In March 2020, Morocco recorded the first positive cases of Covid-19. Following this situation and in interaction with the international circumstances, the country has embarked on an anticipatory strategy to limit the spread of this new virus through confinement that lasted from March 20 to July 10, 2020, influencing the normal functioning of most sectors and disrupting the strategies of all sectors of activity. The higher education sector has not escaped the effects of the pandemic. Through this article, we wonder about the impact of covid-19 on Moroccan higher education, scientific research, and currents project launched in this sector. We found that the learning process in universities was the most negatively impacted by the pandemic, at the same time, the scientific research mission saw improvements in publications and research funding during the crisis. Finally, the article highlights lessons from this pandemic for the Moroccan higher education sector, which could be illustrative for other developing countries.

scholarly journals The Role of Community Partnership in Financial Supporting for Scientific Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Rasha Harith Abbood ◽  
Nagham H. Neama
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Media Channels

<p>The scientific research is an effort for solving a problem either it is intellectual, scientific, or conceptual that would be solved through submitting such alternative situations or hypotheses which finally caused added value. This added value will serve many aspects of society either in agriculture productions, manufacture, serving products or even in the knowledge sector through obvious paving scientific ways.</p><p>This research focuses on the importance of community partnership for supporting the researches and development in researching institutes for serving their societies through developing its mini as well as medium sizes economical organizations, according to their great role in the national economy. It also focuses on such samples of community partnership and their main obstacles that faced through the scientific research.</p><p>Thus, this research depends on a methodology of “Societies development” comes on what are the expenses for scientific research? Here, it is enough to review the expense’s percentage of many developing countries to know the secret. Such as in Sweden, the expenses of scientific researches percentage was (3.013%), in Japan it was (3,013%), in USA it was (2.63%), in China it was (1.97%), and finally in South Africa it was (0.96%). While, unfortunately in Iraq there is no specific budget for scientific research.</p>Then, such processes have been suggested to encourage the small and medium size organizations to cooperate the researches institutes in development as well as researching sectors. In addition to that, media channels can play a great role in introducing the importance of scientific researches and knowledge and electing such untraditional channels to finance this community through adapting certain strategies of community partnership with private sector.

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