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This study focuses on the role and the contribution of the University of Mauritius in research productivity, capacity building, and contribution to policy debates and development. Data were obtained mainly from reports published by the Tertiary Education Commission of Mauritius, the University of Mauritius, the Centre for Higher Education Transformation of South Africa, the self-evaluation reports submitted by the University of Mauritius for quality audits, and also from the respective websites of these bodies.
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Journal Impact Factor is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in journals, books, patent documents, theses, project reports, newspapers, conference/ seminar proceedings, documents published on the Internet, notes, and any other approved documents. It measures the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals of higher journal impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower factors.
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Li Kam Wah, H. (2017). The University of Mauritius: Overview of a Flagship University in a Small Island State. In: Teferra, D. (eds) Flagship Universities in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49403-6_7
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