About the African Scholarship Development Enterprize
The ASDE promotes international scholarship by providing support services in manuscript development and research training. It enables African and Africanist scholars to develop and publish cutting edge research on a broad range of issues on people of African descent. The ASDE enhances the visibility of research by African and Africanist scholars by providing writing and other training services likely to result in publication and effective dissemination of research on people of an African heritage.
Many otherwise able young researcher professionals from the African continent and the African diaspora regions are unlikely to establish a successful research careers because they have not been mentored in the rules needed to publish successfully in respected peer reviewed journals. As a result, they are less likely to receive external funding for their research and to be invited by established researchers regionally and internationally to engage in cooperative research and publication activities, thus further restricting their scholarly development. Moreover, the social sciences need and would benefit from additional research from scholars in the developmentally emerging countries of Africa. The lack of quality articles from professionals in emerging countries restricts this research base. Research by African scholars based on the continent is sparsely represented on the shelves of libraries in Africa and internationally, a situation that is partly explained by the barrier that they have less training in competitive research writing, and dissemination. ASDE to provide research capacity building and leadership through mentorship, fair and swift peer-review of manuscripts for which authors seek development support.
ASDE Consultants
The ASDE has a board on consulting editors to assist author and research manuscript development. Consultants to the ASDE have an international research scholarship reputation in their fields. They have extensive research, teaching and service experience. Consulting Editors with ASDE also serve as editors or adhoc reviewers of a variety of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Psychology in Africa.
The Editor-in-Chief, Professor Elias Mpofu is editor of The Journal of Psychology in Africa and also the Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling. He also serves as Associate Editor for the Australian Psychologist, and the International Journal of Testing. Professor Mpofu is Consulting Editor for a number of high impact journals including International Perspectives in Psychology Research, Practice and Consultation, Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education and The South African Journal of Industrial Psychology. Professor Mpofu also is editor of several topical book titles including Counseling People of African Ancestry (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Community–Oriented Health Services: Practices Across Disciplines (Springer, 2015), and Sustainable Community Health: Systems and Practices in Diverse Settings (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2020).
Target Users of ASDE services
Users of ASDE services may be individuals, consortia or institutions seeking to engage in state-of-the-art, high quality, publishable research that meets their unique needs and those of their audiences. Users of ASDE services are presumed to have basic writing and research skills. However, they may also need help with specialized writing conventions, advanced writing, and appreciation of research applications. They may need skill development and enhancement in:
a) report writing for publication in peer referred journals
b) dissertation or thesis project editing
c) research approaches and data analysis applications
d) consultancy project writing development
e) research capacity building
f) evaluation research
The ASDE promotes international scholarship by providing support services in manuscript development and research training. It enables African and Africanist scholars to develop and publish cutting edge research on a broad range of issues on people of African descent. The ASDE enhances the visibility of research by African and Africanist scholars by providing writing and other training services likely to result in publication and effective dissemination of research on people of an African heritage.
Many otherwise able young researcher professionals from the African continent and the African diaspora regions are unlikely to establish a successful research careers because they have not been mentored in the rules needed to publish successfully in respected peer reviewed journals. As a result, they are less likely to receive external funding for their research and to be invited by established researchers regionally and internationally to engage in cooperative research and publication activities, thus further restricting their scholarly development. Moreover, the social sciences need and would benefit from additional research from scholars in the developmentally emerging countries of Africa. The lack of quality articles from professionals in emerging countries restricts this research base. Research by African scholars based on the continent is sparsely represented on the shelves of libraries in Africa and internationally, a situation that is partly explained by the barrier that they have less training in competitive research writing, and dissemination. ASDE to provide research capacity building and leadership through mentorship, fair and swift peer-review of manuscripts for which authors seek development support.
ASDE Consultants
The ASDE has a board on consulting editors to assist author and research manuscript development. Consultants to the ASDE have an international research scholarship reputation in their fields. They have extensive research, teaching and service experience. Consulting Editors with ASDE also serve as editors or adhoc reviewers of a variety of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Psychology in Africa.
The Editor-in-Chief, Professor Elias Mpofu is editor of The Journal of Psychology in Africa and also the Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling. He also serves as Associate Editor for the Australian Psychologist, and the International Journal of Testing. Professor Mpofu is Consulting Editor for a number of high impact journals including International Perspectives in Psychology Research, Practice and Consultation, Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education and The South African Journal of Industrial Psychology. Professor Mpofu also is editor of several topical book titles including Counseling People of African Ancestry (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Community–Oriented Health Services: Practices Across Disciplines (Springer, 2015), and Sustainable Community Health: Systems and Practices in Diverse Settings (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2020).
Target Users of ASDE services
Users of ASDE services may be individuals, consortia or institutions seeking to engage in state-of-the-art, high quality, publishable research that meets their unique needs and those of their audiences. Users of ASDE services are presumed to have basic writing and research skills. However, they may also need help with specialized writing conventions, advanced writing, and appreciation of research applications. They may need skill development and enhancement in:
a) report writing for publication in peer referred journals
b) dissertation or thesis project editing
c) research approaches and data analysis applications
d) consultancy project writing development
e) research capacity building
f) evaluation research
