Fabrício Marques

Funding

Reaping dividends

Investment in research has increased farm productivity in São Paulo and generated economic returns for the state

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GOOD PRACTICES

Four shades of academic plagiarism

India releases new guidelines on how to punish plagiarism in scientific papers and proposes a scale for assessing the severity of the problem

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BIBLIOMETRICS

Responsible metrics

Company that determines the impact factor of scientific journals shares the data behind the results

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Good practices

The specter of predatory journals in Brazil

Study shows how many researchers in the country are publishing in suspicious journals

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Patent War

Patent War

Researchers locked in legal battle for property rights linked to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool

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GOOD PRACTICES

Addressing sexual harassment in academia

Report proposes new strategies for protecting students and researchers from harassment and coercion

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BIOENERGY

Obstacles in the way

Delays in achieving economic viability of second-generation ethanol keeps investors at arms’ length, but some companies are staying in the race

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DIFFUSION

Promise of boycott

Computer scientists vow to boycott new subscription-only artificial intelligence journal

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GOOD PRACTICES

A second chance

Biologist fired by the University of Tokyo for manipulating images receives training from British Nobel laureate

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INTERVIEW

Cristiana Simão Seixas: How to measure the value of nature

Biologist who coordinated assessment of biodiversity in the Americas shares strategies to slow down losses

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INNOVATION

The battle for quality

Companies and universities discuss strategies for improving engineering education

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Good Practices

Misconduct in proposal review process

US National Institutes of Health investigates suspected confidentiality breaches and reciprocal favors

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computer science

The reality emerging from an avalanche of data

Digital humanities are spreading through a variety of disciplines, influencing the training of researchers and driving public policy

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Indicators

Annual balance

FAPESP continues its pace of investment according to the institution’s 2016 report

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Cover

PIPE 20 years

With an innovation project contracted every business day, the FAPESP program gave a boost to more than 1,100 small and medium-sized technology companies

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COOPERATION

A catalyst for debate

For ten years, the Mobilization for Business Innovation has been guiding corporate strategies and coordinating the dialogue between government, the private sector, and universities

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Bioenergy

On the frontiers of ethanol made from sugarcane

Project outlines scenarios to increase biofuel production in Africa and Latin America

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BIOENERGY

Impact on the market

RenovaBio, a new national biofuel policy, will reward efficient producers and promises to expand supply

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Flight of the billionaires

SpaceX accelerates private sector space race by putting an electric car into orbit

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Interview

Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque: Cross-border knowledge flows

The expansion of international scientific collaborations is forming an innovation ecosystem that knows no borders, says a Brazilian economist

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LEGISLATION

Legal certainty

A new decree outlines measures to lift bureaucratic barriers and boost innovation in companies and universities

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Gender

The search for balance

A study comparing scientific output by women in a range of countries highlights Brazil’s improvement

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INDICATORS

A map of scientific competencies

Study shows where researchers are concentrated and describes the impact of their production in the 15 administrative regions of the state of São Paulo

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Innovation

A worrisome calm

The PINTEC survey found stability in the number of Brazilian companies that innovated between 2012 and 2014 and observed increasing difficulties for industry

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Litigation

Industrial policy in check

In response to a ruling by a WTO panel, the Brazilian government considers changes in laws and in the ways in which it encourages R&D

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Scenarios

Determinants of survival in industry

Experts assess the risks and opportunities created by potentially disruptive technological developments

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JOURNALS

Tactics designed to raise impact

Brazilian journals tighten up procedures and turn to specialist editorial support in an effort to increase citations

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EDUCATION

New doorways to college

Developments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways

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pipe 20 years

Precursor of change

The PIPE program paved the way for innovation support tools in Brazil

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Retrospect

Multiple links in the innovation chain

FINEP celebrates its 50th anniversary with a broad mandate and a funding crisis

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