Scientometrics
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

Collective effort
Initiative mobilizes researchers to quickly review studies published as preprints
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
ACADEMIC CAREERS

Academic résumés change to highlight impactful contributions
Funding agencies require researchers to write narrative summaries of their academic careers
FAPESP – 60 YEARS

FAPESP has an extensive bibliographic collection about its history
Books, articles, reports, and open-access academic papers record and analyze the foundation's history and its contributions to the advancement of science in Brazil
By Redação
Scientific communication

Language in decline
Study identifies a fall in the number of Brazilian scientific articles written in Portuguese
Scientific communication

Clear, precise guidelines
FAPESP's open-access policy states that scientific articles must be freely available within 12 months of publication
Covid-19

In the spotlight
Brazil is one of the most referenced countries in publications about the disease
DATA

Specialization Index
Specialization Index of scientific publications in selected fields
By Redação
Scientometrics

Gears of knowledge
Report provides new data on the characteristics of Brazilian science
Covid-19

Less working remotely
Researchers are trying to estimate the impacts on employee communication and the dynamics of collaboration
By Redação
Open access

The Sci-Hub effect
Articles downloaded from piracy website Sci-Hub receive more citations, study suggests
Academic assessment

New quality metrics
Universities and funding agencies search for more comprehensive metrics to assess researchers
Gender

Articles by women receive fewer citations
Scientific papers published by women in prestigious medical journals tend to receive fewer citations than similar studies authored by men
By Redação
Academic mobility

A limited horizon
Study links low academic mobility to a less ambitious research agenda
Science communication

Broad and equitable research access
CAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties
Data

Number of published scientific articles has grown significantly over the past three decades
Number of published scientific articles has grown significantly over the past three decades
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Data

Scientific papers published by each Brazilian state
In 2019, 64,368 scientific papers were published1 and indexed by the World of Science base with at least one author based in Brazil
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