Comparison of the Regional and Global Production of Scientific Papers: A Perspective from Freshwater Fish Studies in Goiás State, Central Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2020v9i3.p55-66Keywords:
Paraná Basin, Tocantins-Araguaia Basin, Temporal Trends, Financial SupportAbstract
Scientific production is often explored at broader scales but understanding whether regional trends follow global ones is an important issue for science and public policies. Using freshwater fish papers’ production in the Goiás State, Central Brazil, we tested two hypotheses: i) regional production of papers follows global tendencies; ii) regional production is driven by the number of authors, institutions, financial support and dissertations/thesis produced. From published papers we extracted the: year of publication, authors’ institution, journal of publication, impact factor and financial support. To test both hypotheses we performed, respectively, a Pearson correlation between papers number and year, and a multiple linear regression considering papers number or impact factor as response variable and authors, institutions, financial support and dissertations/thesis as predictors variables. We observed a positive correlation between papers number and year, whereas financial support, institutions and dissertation/thesis were the main drivers for papers number and impact factor. Regional production of fish papers follows global patterns of production (financial support and institutions number as mains drivers). However, this production remains influenced by particularities such as: an inconstant production through time and the fact that many papers are still published in journals without an impact factor.
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Fernandes, Gustavo Andrey Almeida Lopes, and Leonardo de Oliveira Manchini. 2019. “How QUALIS CAPES Influences Brazilian Academic Production? A Stimulus or a Barrier for Advancement?” Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 39 (2): 285–305. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572019-3006.
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Marenco, André. 2015. “When Institutions Matter: CAPES and Political Science in Brazil.” Revista de Ciência Política 35 (1): 33–46.
Meis, Leopoldo de, Ana Paula Arruda, and Jorge Guimarães. 2007. “The Impact of Science in Brazil.” IUBMB Life 59 (4): 227–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/15216540701258140.
Mena-Chalco, Jesús Pascual, Luciano Antonio Digiampietri, Fabrício Martins Lopes, and Roberto Marcondes Cesar. 2014. “Brazilian Bibliometric Coauthorship Networks.” Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 65 (7): 1424–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23010.
Nabout, João Carlos, Priscilla Carvalho, Marcio Uehara Prado, Pedro Paulino Borges, Karine Borges Machado, Kátia Bittar Haddad, Thaísa Sala Michelan, Hélida Ferreira Cunha, and Thannya Nascimento Soares. 2012. “Trends and Biases in Global Climate Change Literature.” Natureza & Conservação 10 (1): 45–51. https://doi.org/10.4322/natcon.2012.008.
Nabout, João Carlos, Micael Rosa Parreira, Fabrício Barreto Teresa, Fernanda Melo Carneiro, Hélida Ferreira da Cunha, Luciana de Souza Ondei, Samantha Salomão Caramori, and Thannya Nascimento Soares. 2015. “Publish (in a Group) or Perish (Alone): The Trend from Single- to Multi-Authorship in Biological Papers.” Scientometrics 102 (1): 357–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1385-5.
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Parreira, Micael Rosa, Karine Borges Machado, Ramiro Logares, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, and João Carlos Nabout. 2017. “The Roles of Geographic Distance and Socioeconomic Factors on International Collaboration among Ecologists.” Scientometrics 113 (3): 1539–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2502-z.
Rigby, John. 2013. “Looking for the Impact of Peer Review: Does Count of Funding Acknowledgements Really Predict Research Impact?” Scientometrics 94 (1): 57–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0779-5.
Roos, Daniel Henrique, Luciana Calabró, Sandra Lopes de Jesus, Diogo Onofre Souza, Nilda Vargas Barbosa, and João Batista Teixeira da Rocha. 2014. “Brazilian Scientific Production in Areas of Biological Sciences: A Comparative Study on the Modalities of Full Doctorate in Brazil or Abroad.” Scientometrics 98 (1): 415–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1017-5.
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Souza, Cristina Gomes de, and Marta Lúcia Azevedo Ferreira. 2013. “Researchers Profile, Co-Authorship Pattern and Knowledge Organization in Information Science in Brazil.” Scientometrics 95 (2): 673–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0882-7.
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Tejerina-Garro, Francisco Leonardo, Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho, and Fabrício Barreto Teresa. 2017. “A Biodiversidade e a Conservação Da Ictiofauna Do Alto Da Bacia Do Rio Paraná No Estado de Goiás, Brasil Central.” In Biodiversidade, Manejo e Conservação Do Sul de Goiás, edited by Wellington Hannibal, Reile Ferreira Rossi, Isa Lucia de Morais, and Laura Helena Marcon Teixeira, 93–126. Jundiaí, SP: Paco Editorial.
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Vermeulen, Niki, John N. Parker, and Bart Penders. 2013. “Understanding Life Together: A Brief History of Collaboration in Biology.” Endeavour 37 (3): 162–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2013.03.001.
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Woolnough, D. A., J. A. Downing, and T. J. Newton. 2009. “Fish Movement and Habitat Use Depends on Water Body Size and Shape.” Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18 (1): 83–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00326.x.
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CARVALHO, Rodrigo Assis de; TEJERINA-GARRO, Francisco Leonardo. Comparison of the Regional and Global Production of Scientific Papers: A Perspective from Freshwater Fish Studies in Goiás State, Central Brazil. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 3, p. 55–66, 2020. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2020v9i3.p55-66. Disponível em: https://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/3855. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.
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