Brazilian Scientific and Technological Production on Carbon Materials: an Exploratory Study (2010–2022)

Abstract

Carbon has been widely studied worldwide, mainly due to its numerous application possibilities. Despite this, no studies statistically report the realization of these studies in Brazil. In this sense, the objective of this work was to carry out a statistical survey of works with carbon materials published by Brazilian authors between 2010 and 2022, using the Web of Science platform. In addition, patents filed with the INPI were evaluated. The results showed that the country is the 15th country globally with the highest number of publications with carbon materials; however, a decrease in the number of publications was observed in the last three years and a great disproportion between the five Brazilian regions.