"A collection of papers on academic journal publishing and scholarly communication in Africa, which aims to provide a better understanding of the nature, role, current status, and future prospects of journals in the African context. Papers address issues such as the challenges of editing scholarly journals in Africa, the significance of the new information technology for African journals, African journals in a digital environment, and journals marketing on the Internet. There is also a case study of the “tribulations” and problems encountered by a science journal published in Ethiopia. A paper on Latin America and the Caribbean rounds off the volume, and provides both comparisons and contrasts with Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1917)
1 The Role and Nurturing of Journals in the Third World / Philip G. Altbach, 1
2 The Challenges of Editing Scholarly Journals in Africa / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, 13
3 The Significance of Information Technology for African Scholarly Journals / Damtew Teferra, 39
4 The Politics of and Prospects for African Scholarly Journals in the Information Age / Jacob Jaygbay, 63
5 SINET: An Ethiopian Journal of Science—The Tribulations of an African Journal / Legesse Negash, 75
6 African Journal Publishers in a Digital Environment / Hans M. Zell, 85
7 Scientific and Scholarly Journals in Latin America and the Caribbean / Ana Maria Cetto and Octavio Alonso-Gamboa, 99
Appendix: Journals Marketing on the Internet / Hans M. Zell, 127