Scientometrics

SCIENTOMETRICS

Algorithm encourages constructive and respectful peer review

Rude, vague, and even discriminatory scientific opinions jeopardize the effectiveness of evaluations among scientists

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Acknowledgment

New USP representatives at FAPESP

Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, Marcílio Alves, and Marco Antonio Zago appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees

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Data

Women in higher education

The presence of women in higher education has been increasing since 2010

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Equality

Breaking down structural barriers

Research network covering 16 countries maps gender inequality in the scientific environment and shares strategies to tackle the issue

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Data

Scientific collaborations between São Paulo and other states

Graphs show scientific collaborations between São Paulo and other states over time

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Communication

The language barrier in scientific communication

Study exposes disadvantages faced by researchers whose first language is not English

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Award

Academic Jabuti

The Jabuti literary award will now have an academic version, with the first set to take place in mid-2024

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GENDER

More women in the innovation ecosystem

Support networks seek to increase female involvement in technology-based entrepreneurship and Brazil’s intellectual property protection system

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INDICATORS

Brazilian scientific output suffers decline

Post-pandemic drop in scientific output in Brazil is one of the biggest in the world

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DATA

Decline in scientific output in 2022

Data show a decline in scientific output in São Paulo and Brazil as a whole in 2022

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Scientometrics

Study evaluates the output of computer scientists who publish far more articles than their average colleague

Methodology created by a group from UFMG identified anomalous practices in some cases

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Funding

Indicators show a decline in Research and Development in 2020

The pandemic affected private sector investments in Brazil

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SCIENTOMETRICS

Study estimates influence of experienced researchers in collaborations

243 million articles by 2.6 million coauthors were evaluated

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Linguistics

Native language documents preferred

Articles in a country’s native language predominate among documents on biodiversity

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Scientometrics

Study estimates how many years scientific collaborations last in Brazil

UFABC survey analyzed articles written as coauthorships in 81 fields

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DATA

International collaborations in scientific articles published by São Paulo–based researchers

International collaborations in scientific articles by authors based in São Paulo have increased

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Scientometrics

Review evaluates six decades of studies on women and gender in Brazil

Analysis of more than 30,000 articles shows the evolution of this interdisciplinary field of research

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Knowledge production

Analysis of millions of papers and patents suggests science is becoming less disruptive

Study indicates limits on the ability of researchers to change the direction of fields of knowledge

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Good practices

When misconduct goes unpunished

Survey finds that only one in five articles containing errors or suspected misconduct lead to a reaction by the publishing journal

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Patents

Less disruptive science

The number of papers published on innovative discoveries and technology patents considered disruptive is falling

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Graduate studies

CAPES assessment finds that quality indicators for master’s and doctoral courses in Brazil have improved

Improvements have been made despite the financial hardships faced by science, with cuts to research funding and falling grant values

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GOOD PRACTICES

How to inflate résumés and influence people

List of world's most cited researchers removes 550 names suspected of inflating the impact ratings of their articles

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SCIENTOMETRICS

Previously low-impact studies gained new attention in the pandemic and contributed to the fight against the novel coronavirus

Many of the papers in question relate to the mechanism of action of SARS-CoV-1, which causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and to possible ways of treating the disease

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Retracted scientific articles continue to be cited by other scientists as reliable sources

The phenomenon affects the integrity of academic work, polluting the scientific literature with erroneous and false knowledge that can even put people's lives at risk

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Linguistics

Scientific articles are increasingly complex and cryptic due to excessive use of jargon and acronyms

The phenomenon is not exclusive to the exact and biological sciences—it is also seen in journals from the fields of linguistics and language

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SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

Collective effort

Initiative mobilizes researchers to quickly review studies published as preprints

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Good practices

Rigged peer-review process leads to retraction of 20 published articles

Manipulation in selection of reviewers compromised the analysis of agricultural papers at PLOS One

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Scientific production

Scientific papers on COVID-19 alter the balance of knowledge generation

More than 500,000 articles on the pandemic have been published in journals and preprint servers

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Low academic mobility in Brazil has no significant impact on productivity, study suggests

Researchers who continue their careers at the same institution where they obtained their PhD produce as many articles on average as those with a more diverse professional experience in different institutions

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SCIENTOMETRICS

Nobel Prize winner data used in studies on trends and advances in science

Research seeks productivity standards that characterize high-impact research and careers

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