The study, ‘Publishing and perishing? Publishing patterns of information science academics in Kenya’, is by Tom Kwanya of the Technical University of Kenya. The findings revealed low quantity, quality and visibility of research publications by information science academics in Kenya. Twenty (22.4%) serving academics are yet to publish any scholarly work, and 185 (42%) of the published papers have not been cited. This low publishing performance is attributed to lack of scholarly communication skills; inadequate research funding and facilitation; limited access to scholarly communication channels; and heavy teaching workloads.

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这项研究“出版并灭亡？肯尼亚技术大学的汤姆·宽亚（Tom Kwanya）发表了《肯尼亚信息科学学者的出版方式》。调查结果表明，肯尼亚的信息科学学者对研究出版物的数量，质量和知名度均不满意。在职学者中有20名（22.4％）尚未发表任何学术著作，而已发表的论文中有185篇（42％）没有被引用。出版业绩不佳的原因是缺乏学术交流能力。研究资金和便利不足；访问学术交流渠道的机会有限；和繁重的教学工作量。