Table 1 Categories and structure for data capture
From: NetCapDB: measuring bioinformatics capacity development in Africa
Main categories | Conceptual variables | Operational variables |
|---|---|---|
Research capacity | Scientific productivity | Number of peer-reviewed papers, node-centric and per individual. |
Scientific communication | Number of invited talks, plenary lectures | |
Number of oral presentations at international conferences | ||
Number of posters at international conferences | ||
Personnel capacity | Academic capacity | Listing of academic node members with qualifications, affiliations |
IT resources | Listing of IT personnel | |
Skills capacity | Listing of skills, per individual | |
Collaboration | Involvement in H3ABioNet | Project involvement, node-centric and per individual |
H3ABioNet working group activity | H3ABioNet working group involvement per individual | |
Involvement in H3Africa research projects | Listing of H3Africa project participation | |
H3Africa active engagement | H3Africa working group involvement per individual | |
Within Africa collaboration | Travel undertaken, origin and destination | |
Number of co-authorships with other African Scientists | ||
Number of collaborative projects ongoing, African and other | ||
Professional engagement | List of professional society membership, per individual | |
Additional funding | Sustainability and increased capacity for funding leverage | Sources of personnel funding other than H3ABioNet |
Sources of research funding other than H3ABioNet | ||
Grants currently held, per individual and per node | ||
Funding sources, per individual and per node | ||
Education and training | Training of students | Number of M.Sc and Ph.D students currently registered, supervisors |
Number of M.Sc and Ph.D students graduating annually | ||
Staff training activities | Courses taught (person-days), node-centric and per individual | |
Courses attended (person-days) per individual | ||
Hosting training and workshops | Courses hosted | |
Infrastructure | Quality of internet access | Up/down bandwidth |
Videoconferencing facilities | Videoconferencing equipment | |
Computing power | Number and type of cores and associated RAM | |
Equipment | Number of computers, laptops and terminals | |
In-house training facilities | Numbers, size and facilities of classrooms | |
Number of training workstations |