The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP), funded by the International Development Research Centre in Canada works with African universities to increase the visibility of African academic research published in print and online. Based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, the initiative explores ways of increasing the quality and output of scholarly communication through information-sharing technologies. The website hosts a blog that discusses issues surrounding the communication of research for development. It also provides information about relevant conferences, news, research and business models for publishing.

The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP), funded by the International Development Research Centre in Canada works with African universities to increase the visibility of African academic research published in print and online. Based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, the initiative explores ways of increasing the quality and output of scholarly communication through information-sharing technologies. The website hosts a blog that discusses issues surrounding the communication of research for development. It also provides information about relevant conferences, news, research and business models for publishing.

Over the years, the Internet has become an increasingly popular medium for scientific discourse and publication, fuelled by the advancement of e-publishing and the push for 'open access' to information. Scientometric indicators of web based publications and their impact are, however, few and far between.

The Webometric Rankings of World Universities — compiled by the National Research Council in Spain — are designed to show worldwide institutions' commitment to web publication. Set up in 2004, they list the top 3000 universities in the world, based on both the volume of web content (productivity) as well as their visibility and impact in terms of the number of external links (citations) they receive. The rankings also assess research institutions and scientific academies by country and region.