Human resources and scientific productivity in Brazil

Leta, Jacqueline; Lannes, Denise; Meis, Leopoldo de

doi:10.1007/bf02459048

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“…In these countries, institutionalization of science is recent when compared to Europe and USA (VELLOSO et al, 2004). Concomitantly, the number of granted fellowships increased steeply during decades (GUIMARÃES & HUMANN, 1995;LETA et al, 1998;CAPES, 2004). Brazilian universities received high-quality professionals from developed nations and sent many graduate students to universities in USA and Europe.…”

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“…Brazilian universities received high-quality professionals from developed nations and sent many graduate students to universities in USA and Europe. In fact, the distinct and regular trend of increasing production of articles contrasts with the irregularity of investments for funding projects (LETA et al, 1998). Cooperative projects Scientometrics 67 (2006) with international research centers were firmed, some of them currently still active.…”

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Brazilian articles in international journals on Limnology

2006

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We assessed the contribution of Brazilian limnologists (freshwater ecologists) in international journals in the period 1970-2004. Brazilian contribution was low and regular in the 1970's, but increased steeply after 1980 with no signs of stabilization until the present. Articles authored by Brazilians tend to be less cited than articles authored by non-Brazilians, although this difference is reduced in co-authored articles with international researchers. Brazilian articles are not distributed homogenously among the sub-areas of Limnology, but present some biases that can be explained by intellectual legacy. Brazil has invested since the 1970's in establishing postgraduate courses in Brazil and in the last years has turned the focus to a better qualification of these courses. We believe these are the main reasons for the conspicuous development of Brazilian Limnology.

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Brazilian articles in international journals on Limnology

2006

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“…The investment channeled towards graduate and human resource educational programs by means of grants and other forms of research support has secured the country a modest but continuous insertion in the international production of knowledge in the health area (15)(16)(17). The growing scientific health production in Brazil is closely linked to the expansion of the graduate courses in the country.…”

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The modest but growing Brazilian presence in psychiatric, psychobiological and mental health research: assessment of the 1998-2002 period

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2005

Braz J Med Biol Res

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The objective of the present survey was to assess the Brazilian scientific production in psychiatry, psychobiology, and mental health during the 1998-2002 period. The universities' graduate programs concentrate the vast majority of the scientific production in Brazil. We assessed the annual reports from the graduate programs to the Brazilian Ministry of Education concerning master's and doctoral theses and the articles published in journals indexed by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI). There are nine Master's and Doctoral graduate programs dedicated to research in psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychobiology, and mental health in the country, seven being located in southern states. During the 5-year period, from 1998 to 2002, 186 students received their doctorate degree (37/year). The programs published 637 articles in journals indexed by ISI, the majority of them in journals with an impact factor higher than 2. The research advisors' productivity varied among graduate programs, ranging from 0.6 to 2.0 articles per year in ISI-indexed journals. Despite the substantial barriers faced by the Brazilian scientific community (mainly financial and writing difficulties), Brazil's scientific mental health production is on the rise. The number of articles published in ISI-indexed journals has doubled without a significant increase in the number of graduate theses, suggesting that there was an improvement in both the quality of the scientific production and the productivity of the graduate programs. Based on these data, it is reasonable to predict a tendency to an increase in production over the next few years.

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“…Thus, the highest number of authors is not only an effect of human resource development abroad but is also because of the expansion of graduate programs and research funding over the last decade (Leta et al, 1998;CAPES, 2004). Notably, the number of groups remains very low, and the distribution among countries is skewed (15 groups, 9 from Brazil).…”

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confidence: 98%