Open Abstracts
Have you heard of open abstracts? Here you can find out how they work and what they aim to achieve.
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Funding for research collaboration
What kind of funding is available for research collaboration between Germany and African countries? Here you will find a guide to some of the main funding opportunities in the social sciences and humanities.
Using the Digital Object Identifier System for datasets
Would you like to make your research data accessible online? Do you want your data to be archived and secured in the long term and have it remain visible and citable?
African University Presses
Would you like to know which the most important African university presses are and how to contact them?
Reference management software
Not sure which tool to use for your citations? Here is a quick guide of the most commonly used ones.
Writing Tools
Editing and typesetting large (long) documents can quickly become unwieldy using a simple word processor like MS Word. This is where LaTeX, a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting becomes useful.
Open access and social media
Now that your article is published, you’d like to people to read it! Two factors can increase your readership…
What is open peer review?
In case you’re wondering what exactly is meant by the term “open peer review”, here you’ll find a list of key characteristics.
African Digital Research Repositories
If you’re looking to find digital repositories within the African continent, head over to the International African Institute!