Scientometrics
Scientific production
The race to measure impact
Brazilian universities increasingly investing in offices dedicated to managing and measuring performance
Graduate education
5-dimensional benchmarking
CAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Growth in numbers
Brazil’s research indicators have improved consistently over the past two decades
Data
Scientific collaborations between São Paulo and other states in Brazil
Percentage of scientific papers published by researchers from São Paulo with at least one coauthor from another state
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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
Scientometrics
China ahead of the USA
In 2017, the Scopus database recorded 456,960 articles, books, and conference proceedings produced by China, accounting for 18.9% of global scientific output
By Redação
Data
Scientific articles in 2017
Researchers living in Brazil published 55,051 scientific articles, of which 22,856 were published by authors based in São Paulo
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BIBLIOMETRICS
Responsible metrics
Company that determines the impact factor of scientific journals shares the data behind the results
Careers
Company participation in R&D papers is still low in Brazil
Only 1% of the scientific articles published by Brazilian researchers between 2011 and 2016 had one or more authors affiliated with a private company
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Scientometrics
#The100Most Commented
Altmetric publishes a list of the scientific articles most talked about on social media in 2017
Good practices
A closer look at retractions around the world
Study uses announcements on Retraction Watch website to produce an overview of misconduct in scientific publications
By Redação