Abstract:
Based on the assumption that the social and economic development of a nation is closely related to its scientific and technological capacity, and that in the modern world developing nations are, in general, not capable of developing their own scientific capacity without external help, this paper examines the presence of foreign institutions in published articles on veterinary medicine, produced in Mozambique. The source for those articles were specialized international databases, and the period examined ranged from 1947 to 2002. The survey tried to gather data to perceive whether the presence of foreign institutions (as perceived in the authors affiliation notes) has resulted in scientific production, what could be interpreted as contributing to the improvement of the developing country's scientific capacity. Results show a significant presence of foreign participation in the articles examined, especially in the years 90, period in which the highest indicators of participation and productivity were also registered for the native institutions.
