Intensification of the rice cultivation cycle reduces the diversity of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian irrigated rice fields

On 22 July 2022, the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), a private institution and community university in southern Brazil, announced the interruption of 12 of its postgraduate programmes, including the Postgraduate Program of Biology (PPG Biologia), whose professors founded the journal, Neotropical Biology and Conservation. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of papers published by PPG Biologia in the past 20 years to assess its impact on biological research at a national level. The number of publications and citations increased constantly over the years, with publications growing exponentially. Although most collaborations with other research programmes occurred inside Brazil, a significant number of studies were co-authored by researchers from other countries from at least four continents. The main research lines focused on biological sciences, ecology, sociology, education, environmental sciences and genetics. Despite being affected by the decrease in research funding and the reduction of personnel, PPG Biologia kept its high impact score according to the national evaluation, above that of most programmes in private universities and similar to public ones. With a team of renowned researchers working on different and sometimes unique research lines, the interruption of PPG Biologia will harm the progress of biological research and conservation across the Neotropical realm.

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Intensification of the rice cultivation cycle reduces the diversity of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian irrigated rice fields

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Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects in the Neotropics: Perspectives and Challenges

Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects in the Neotropics: Perspectives and Challenges

Journal of Insect Conservation’s special issue on insect diversity in Agriculture

Productivity and impact of the Unisinos’ Postgraduate Program in Biology and the consequences of its interruption for Brazilian science

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Intensification of the rice cultivation cycle reduces the diversity of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian irrigated rice fields

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects in the Neotropics: Perspectives and Challenges

Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects in the Neotropics: Perspectives and Challenges

Journal of Insect Conservation’s special issue on insect diversity in Agriculture

﻿Productivity and impact of the Unisinos’ Postgraduate Program in Biology and the consequences of its interruption for Brazilian science

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Productivity and impact of the Unisinos’ Postgraduate Program in Biology and the consequences of its interruption for Brazilian science