Citations: rankings weigh against developing nations

Consumption in Developing Nations

Language Education Policy in Developing Nations from Colonization to Postcolonialism

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the role that colonization played in language education policy and illustrate the need for first language instruction. Using postcolonial scholar Franz Fanon, the reasons for and consequences of using a second language medium of instruction in postcolonial nations are explored. Colonial languages were used to reinforce the imperialistic goals of ...

Validating research performance metrics against peer rankings

A rich and diverse set of potential bibliometric and scientometric predictors of research performance quality and importance are emerging today — from the classic metrics (publication counts, journal impact factors and individual article/author citation counts) to promising new online metrics such as download counts, hub/authority scores and growth/decay chronometrics. In and of themselves, how...

Small science: view from developing nations.

A 36× enlarged triply periodic porous cube of photocured polymer, 60 millimeters in total length, shown refl ected off a pool of uncured resin. Computer-aided design makes it possible to tailor materials with control over porosity, pore size, and mechanical properties. These materials may subsequently fi nd use as scaffolds for tissue engineering and cell-laden hydrogel constructs. See the spec...

Evolving Educational Pedagogy in Developing Nations

The developing countries of the world face many major social challenges, among these challenges is education. It seems that the tendency would be to merely transport current educational pedagogy to these developing nations. But the existing pedagogy primarily fosters the development of ruled-based thinking, which will not suffice given the demands of the current day. Thus a new model for educat...