Fabrício Marques
Graduate education
5-dimensional benchmarking
CAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs
Good practices
Academic legacy in dispute
King's College finds work by one of its most renowned researchers "unsafe"
Science reporting
Explaining complexity
Study mapping genetic influence on same-sex sexual behavior uses novel approach to reporting findings
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Growth in numbers
Brazil’s research indicators have improved consistently over the past two decades
Shared facilities
Faster access to equipment
USP and UNICAMP create portals to expand the shared use of core research facilities
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
Internationalization
Long distance connections
Initiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise
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
Good practices
Swedish universities suffer crisis of confidence
Parliament sets up agency to centralize investigations into scientific misconduct
Scientific publications
Increasing research visibility
Universities are encouraging researchers to store copies of their articles in institutional repositories available to the public
Good practices
A new reward system
World conference in Hong Kong proposes changes to evaluation processes to help improve scientific integrity
Shared facilities
Faster access to equipment and facilities
USP and UNICAMP create portals to expand shared use of core research facilities