{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2165889944","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu022","title":"Bioinformatics Education--Perspectives and Challenges out of Africa","display_name":"Bioinformatics Education--Perspectives and Challenges out of Africa","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-07-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2165889944","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu022","mag":"2165889944","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24990350"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/bib/bbu022","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu022","pdf_url":"https://academic.oup.com/bib/article-pdf/16/2/355/682726/bbu022.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S91767247","display_name":"Briefings in Bioinformatics","issn_l":"1467-5463","issn":["1467-5463","1477-4054"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Briefings in Bioinformatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://academic.oup.com/bib/article-pdf/16/2/355/682726/bbu022.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084130869","display_name":"\u00d6zlem Ta\u015ftan Bishop","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-7849"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"O. Tastan Bishop","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zagazig University, Egypt","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077171389","display_name":"Ezekiel Adebiyi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1390-2359"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"E. F. Adebiyi","raw_affiliation_strings":["H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Zagazig University, Egypt","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"A. M. Alzohairy","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. M. Alzohairy","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zagazig University, Egypt","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020409024","display_name":"Dean Everett","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-6779"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"D. Everett","raw_affiliation_strings":["Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Zagazig University, Egypt","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024695942","display_name":"Ka\u00efs Ghedira","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-6493"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"K. Ghedira","raw_affiliation_strings":["Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","Zagazig University, Egypt","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010022863","display_name":"Amel Ghouila","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-1841"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Ghouila","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Zagazig University, Egypt","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047153295","display_name":"Judit Kumuthini","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-1917"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J. Kumuthini","raw_affiliation_strings":["H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","Zagazig University, Egypt","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080377820","display_name":"Nicola Mulder","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-0941"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"N. J. Mulder","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Zagazig University, Egypt"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5017042855","display_name":"Sumir Panji","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-0598"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S. Panji","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Zagazig University, Egypt"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085152348","display_name":"Hugh\u2010G. Patterton","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2550-0493"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157614274","display_name":"University of Cape Town","ror":"https://ror.org/03p74gp79","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192398990","display_name":"Zagazig University","ror":"https://ror.org/053g6we49","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I203238179","display_name":"Rhodes University","ror":"https://ror.org/016sewp10","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151238","display_name":"Center for Genomic Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04xbkmk86","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]}],"countries":["EG","IT","ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H.-G. Patterton","raw_affiliation_strings":["Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","Zagazig University, Egypt","Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Biomedical Science, MSc and PhD in bioinfomatics, UK,","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I203238179"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151238"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zagazig University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192398990"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computational Biology Group at the University of Cape Town,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"H3ABioNet Consortium, as members of The H3Africa Consortium)","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":10,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5084130869"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157614274","https://openalex.org/I192398990","https://openalex.org/I203238179","https://openalex.org/I4210151238"],"apc_list":{"value":4011,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4011},"apc_paid":{"value":4011,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4011},"fwci":3.2798,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":100,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92888436,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"2","first_page":"355","last_page":"364"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13937","display_name":"Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13937","display_name":"Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10015","display_name":"Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies","score":0.9379000067710876,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11642","display_name":"Genomics and Rare Diseases","score":0.9348999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anticipation","display_name":"Anticipation (artificial intelligence)","score":0.6139034032821655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.5199976563453674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/field","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","score":0.4970088303089142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/genome","display_name":"Genome","score":0.4586936831474304},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.4221305251121521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/boom","display_name":"Boom","score":0.41851264238357544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biology","display_name":"Biology","score":0.39756035804748535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.34979015588760376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.29112905263900757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/genetics","display_name":"Genetics","score":0.19290107488632202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gene","display_name":"Gene","score":0.1273048222064972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.08628949522972107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.08590340614318848}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176777502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4774623","display_name":"Anticipation (artificial intelligence)","level":2,"score":0.6139034032821655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5199976563453674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4970088303089142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141231307","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7020","display_name":"Genome","level":3,"score":0.4586936831474304},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4221305251121521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141441539","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1970908","display_name":"Boom","level":2,"score":0.41851264238357544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.39756035804748535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.34979015588760376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.29112905263900757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.19290107488632202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.1273048222064972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.08628949522972107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.08590340614318848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202444582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837863","display_name":"Pure mathematics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87717796","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146326","display_name":"Environmental engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000349","descriptor_name":"Africa","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000349","descriptor_name":"Africa","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000349","descriptor_name":"Africa","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D004493","descriptor_name":"Education","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D004493","descriptor_name":"Education","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D004493","descriptor_name":"Education","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014495","descriptor_name":"Universities","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014495","descriptor_name":"Universities","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014495","descriptor_name":"Universities","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019295","descriptor_name":"Computational Biology","qualifier_ui":"Q000193","qualifier_name":"education","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019295","descriptor_name":"Computational Biology","qualifier_ui":"Q000193","qualifier_name":"education","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019295","descriptor_name":"Computational Biology","qualifier_ui":"Q000193","qualifier_name":"education","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019295","descriptor_name":"Computational Biology","qualifier_ui":"Q000266","qualifier_name":"history","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019295","descriptor_name":"Computational Biology","qualifier_ui":"Q000266","qualifier_name":"history","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D019295","descriptor_name":"Computational Biology","qualifier_ui":"Q000266","qualifier_name":"history","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D020407","descriptor_name":"Internet","qualifier_ui":"Q000600","qualifier_name":"supply & distribution","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D020407","descriptor_name":"Internet","qualifier_ui":"Q000600","qualifier_name":"supply & distribution","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D020407","descriptor_name":"Internet","qualifier_ui":"Q000600","qualifier_name":"supply & distribution","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D023281","descriptor_name":"Genomics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D023281","descriptor_name":"Genomics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D023281","descriptor_name":"Genomics","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D049673","descriptor_name":"History, 20th Century","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D049673","descriptor_name":"History, 20th Century","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D049673","descriptor_name":"History, 20th Century","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D049674","descriptor_name":"History, 21st Century","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D049674","descriptor_name":"History, 21st Century","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D049674","descriptor_name":"History, 21st Century","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/bib/bbu022","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu022","pdf_url":"https://academic.oup.com/bib/article-pdf/16/2/355/682726/bbu022.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S91767247","display_name":"Briefings in Bioinformatics","issn_l":"1467-5463","issn":["1467-5463","1477-4054"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Briefings in Bioinformatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:24990350","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24990350","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Briefings in bioinformatics","raw_type":null},{"id":"pmh:oai:europepmc.org:3334977","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/4364068","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400806","display_name":"Europe PMC (PubMed Central)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1303153112","host_organization_name":"European Bioinformatics Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1303153112"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/bib/bbu022","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbu022","pdf_url":"https://academic.oup.com/bib/article-pdf/16/2/355/682726/bbu022.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S91767247","display_name":"Briefings in Bioinformatics","issn_l":"1467-5463","issn":["1467-5463","1477-4054"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Briefings in Bioinformatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4935981367","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U41HG006941","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332161","funder_display_name":"National Institutes of Health"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332161","display_name":"National Institutes of Health","ror":"https://ror.org/01cwqze88"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338403","display_name":"Common Fund","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2165889944.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2165889944.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":26,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1520948284","https://openalex.org/W1964303520","https://openalex.org/W1971403296","https://openalex.org/W1976283253","https://openalex.org/W1996569429","https://openalex.org/W2024676312","https://openalex.org/W2039675847","https://openalex.org/W2049198902","https://openalex.org/W2059242173","https://openalex.org/W2070575129","https://openalex.org/W2092046673","https://openalex.org/W2096540950","https://openalex.org/W2097340196","https://openalex.org/W2098571599","https://openalex.org/W2104786161","https://openalex.org/W2112725010","https://openalex.org/W2121792371","https://openalex.org/W2140777625","https://openalex.org/W2143161497","https://openalex.org/W2145239266","https://openalex.org/W2156545100","https://openalex.org/W2165646960","https://openalex.org/W2166323125","https://openalex.org/W2168542387","https://openalex.org/W2168909179","https://openalex.org/W2188414616"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3161710089","https://openalex.org/W2353620890","https://openalex.org/W2353579321","https://openalex.org/W3130795706","https://openalex.org/W2150761772","https://openalex.org/W3049366059","https://openalex.org/W2088384090","https://openalex.org/W3087499667","https://openalex.org/W2537816284","https://openalex.org/W4213201576"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,18,77],"discipline":[1,36],"of":[2,11,20,47,64,86,111,122,136,159,183,203,215],"bioinformatics":[3,31,112,185],"has":[4,28,32,56,114],"developed":[5],"rapidly":[6],"since":[7],"the":[8,12,16,25,44,52,62,74,84,120,131,144,150,156,162,176,181,184,199,206],"complete":[9],"sequencing":[10],"first":[13],"genomes":[14,137],"in":[15,51,187,213,218],"1990s.":[17],"development":[19],"many":[21,123],"high-throughput":[22,125,219],"techniques":[23],"during":[24],"last":[26],"decades":[27],"ensured":[29],"that":[30,37,69,178,195],"grown":[33],"into":[34],"a":[35,58,67,87,95,105,116,216],"overlaps":[38],"with,":[39],"and":[40,98,133,161,201],"is":[41,70,209],"required":[42],"for,":[43],"modern":[45,124],"practice":[46],"virtually":[48],"every":[49],"field":[50,186],"life":[53],"sciences.":[54],"This":[55,109,208],"placed":[57],"scientific":[59],"premium":[60],"on":[61,73,119,149,205],"availability":[63],"skilled":[65,88],"bioinformaticians,":[66],"qualification":[68],"extremely":[71],"scarce":[72],"African":[75,107,128,139,229],"continent.":[76,207],"reasons":[78],"for":[79],"this":[80,169,172],"are":[81,142,165],"numerous,":[82],"although":[83],"absence":[85],"bioinformatician":[89],"at":[90,127,167],"academic":[91],"institutions":[92],"to":[93,103,221,226],"initiate":[94],"training":[96,202],"process":[97],"build":[99],"sustained":[100],"capacity":[101],"seems":[102],"be":[104],"common":[106],"shortcoming.":[108,170],"dearth":[110],"expertise":[113],"had":[115],"knock-on":[117],"effect":[118],"establishment":[121,182],"projects":[126],"institutes,":[129],"including":[130],"comprehensive":[132],"systematic":[134],"analysis":[135],"from":[138,155,228],"populations,":[140],"which":[141],"among":[143],"most":[145],"genetically":[146],"diverse":[147],"anywhere":[148],"planet.":[151],"Recent":[152],"funding":[153],"initiatives":[154],"National":[157],"Institutes":[158],"Health":[160],"Wellcome":[163],"Trust":[164],"aimed":[166],"ameliorating":[168],"In":[171],"paper,":[173],"we":[174],"discuss":[175],"problems":[177],"have":[179],"limited":[180],"Africa,":[188],"as":[189,191],"well":[190],"propose":[192],"specific":[193],"actions":[194],"will":[196],"help":[197],"with":[198],"education":[200],"bioinformaticians":[204],"an":[210],"absolute":[211],"requirement":[212],"anticipation":[214],"boom":[217],"approaches":[220],"human":[222],"health":[223],"issues":[224],"unique":[225],"data":[227],"populations.":[230]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-10T15:06:20.359241","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}