Fabrício Marques

Good practices

Outsourced quality control

Research institutions in Europe avoid accusations of misconduct by hiring external companies and specialists to check their work

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Interview

Fernanda De Negri: Leveraging the benefits of technology

IPEA economist talks about her ambitions for a new research center that seeks to understand and debate the social and economic impacts of generating knowledge

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Indicators

Young and world class

Asian institutions stand out in ranking of universities younger than 50, which includes Brazil’s UNESP and UFABC

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Oversight

Universities under investigation

São Paulo Legislative Assembly Inquiry makes recommendations on how to improve the management of USP, UNICAMP, and UNESP

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Graduate education

5-dimensional benchmarking

CAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs

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Good Practices

More information about predatory journals

Scientific integrity researchers attempt to overcome the challenges of classifying fraudulent journals

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Development

Midlife crisis

The FNDCT, the main federal funding body for research, is going through a period of recession and uncertainty

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Innovation

Benefits from collaboration

Long-term collaboration with industry makes research groups 20% more productive, study finds

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Good practices

Academic legacy in dispute

King's College finds work by one of its most renowned researchers "unsafe"

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Science reporting

Explaining complexity

Study mapping genetic influence on same-sex sexual behavior uses novel approach to reporting findings

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University autonomy

Expanding student numbers

Financial independence enabled state universities in São Paulo to double the size of their undergraduate student bodies and build a presence across the state

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Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years

Growth in numbers

Brazil’s research indicators have improved consistently over the past two decades

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Good practices

The shadow of self-promotion

Database identifies 250 highly productive researchers suspected of excessive self-citation and cross-citation

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Shared facilities

Faster access to equipment

USP and UNICAMP create portals to expand the shared use of core research facilities

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Intellectual property 

Mapping out the roadblocks

A study looks at why Brazilian industry is not very innovative and suggests that academic publishing and patent counts are two sides of the same coin

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Internationalization

Long distance connections

Initiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise

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INDICATORS

Change with stability

Report highlights the 2018 investments of FAPESP both in research in collaboration with businesses, and in the international recognition of science produced in São Paulo

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Financial autonomy of state universities in São Paulo

Fuel for innovation

Funding stability stimulated São Paulo state universities to invest in collaborating with the private sector, and in signing technology transfers

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Environment

Deforestation at a crossroads

INPE's monitoring of the Amazon rainforest has earned international prestige but could be replaced by a private service

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Good practices

Swedish universities suffer crisis of confidence

Parliament sets up agency to centralize investigations into scientific misconduct

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Scientific publications

Increasing research visibility

Universities are encouraging researchers to store copies of their articles in institutional repositories available to the public

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S&T policy 

The race for excellence

Strong performance in international rankings and against benchmarks reflects a drive for research impact at state universities in São Paulo

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Interview

Youngsuk Chi: Sustainable transition

For the president of Elsevier, Plan S is viable, but only over the long term

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Reproducibility

A test-tube mirage

Failed cold fusion experiment attempted 30 years ago showed how illusory discoveries trigger self-correcting mechanisms in science

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S&T Policy

Tools for planning the future

Stability in funding at state universities in São Paulo allowed for continual education about financial management

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Good practices

A new reward system

World conference in Hong Kong proposes changes to evaluation processes to help improve scientific integrity

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S&T POLICY

A legacy for the future

A decree issued in 1989 created an original funding model that unlocked extraordinary growth at state universities in São Paulo

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Good practices

The self-correcting nature of science

Report offers recommendations on how to reduce the number of scientific findings not reproducible by later studies

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INTERVIEW

Marcelo Knobel: Learning from autonomy

For the chancellor of UNICAMP, stable funding and liberty in management boosted the quality of universities in the state of São Paulo

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Shared facilities

Faster access to equipment and facilities

USP and UNICAMP create portals to expand shared use of core research facilities

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