The Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) is a prime example of a successful and productive Swiss-African research partnership. (Photo: Thomas Fürst)
Since 2000, the research productivity in Côte d'Ivoire has grown steadily above the regional and global rate, despite recurring economic pressures and socio-political unrest. The Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS), a long-standing partner of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), has become one of the country's most productive research institutions according to a study published yesterday. Jürg Utzinger, Director of Swiss TPH, highlighted this successful partnership at the Swiss Ambassador Congress in Basel on 22 August 2018. The research productivity of a country can be measured by the number of peer-reviewed and internationally referenced scientific publications per population. In Côte d'Ivoire, the amount of publications more than doubled from 4.1 to 8.5 per million people from 2000 to 2016, growing above the regional and global productivity rate in this 17-year period. In addition, Côte d'Ivoire has seen an 'internationalisation' of research output with a growing share of contributing authors from around the world. These are the key results of a study published yesterday in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Globalization and Health .
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