Are we not Reinventing the Wheel
Reviewing Literature in Social Science Scholarship and the Imperatives of Aligning with Global Best Practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8033486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ezebunwa E Nwokocha (0000-0002-2463-2112, University of Ibadan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0331-4111 • E-ISSN: 2536-7005 |
| Publisher | Lujosh Ventures Limited (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.36108/njsa/0202/81(0110) |
| OpenAlex | W3051720400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper examines the contexts of literature reviewing among scholars in Africa, particularly social scientists. It argues quite forcefully that reviews are becoming increasingly characterized by avoidable gaps and therefore represent some form of enigma, which remain largely unrecognized. The implications are not only debilitating but also alienating from the global intellectual milieu. The paper chronicles the issues and suggests the path to achieving standard reviews in contemporary academic scenery, rather than reinventing the wheel and, by implication, demeaning the essence of knowledge production and propagation
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Public relations · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Engineering · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |