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African Content Published by Taylor & Francis
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Open Access Books related to Africa
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The African Studies 2021 Books Catalogue
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African Journals published by Taylor & Francis
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Highly-cited Taylor & Francis content from Africa
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Altmetrics demonstrate the impact of research beyond academia. These are some of the highest-scoring South African articles from the last few years.
Effects of the safari hunting tourism ban on rural livelihoods and wildlife conservation in Northern Botswana
Joseph E. Mbaiwa
Published in The South African Geographic Journal, March 2017
mentioned in 56 news outlets, 1 policy source, 91 tweeters, and 5 Facebook pages
A novel archosauromorph from Antarctica and an updated review of a high-latitude vertebrate assemblage in the wake of the end-Permian mass extinction
Brandon R. Peecook, Roger M. H. Smith, Christian A. Sidor
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, January 2019
mentioned in 57 news outlets, 8 blogs, and 26 tweets
Cross-conservation of T-cell epitopes
Anne S De Groot
Published in Human vaccines immunotherapeutics, February 2014
mentioned in 59 news outlets
Introduction to Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar
David W. Krause, Joseph R. Groenke, Simone Hoffmann, Raymond R. Rogers, Lydia J. Rahantarisoa
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, December 2020
mentioned in 44 news outlets, 4 blogs, and 70 tweets
Goliath frogs build nests for spawning – the reason for their gigantism?
Marvin Schäfer, Sedrick Junior Tsekané, F. Arnaud M. Tchassem, Sanja Drakulić, Marina Kameni, Nono L. Gonwouo, Mark-Oliver Rödel
Published in Journal of Natural History Series 13, August 2019
Mentioned in 36 news outlets, 6 blogs, and 49 tweets
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