Nabout J C, Carneiro F M, Borges P P, Machado K B, Huszar V L M
Unidade Universitária de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, GO, Brazil.
Horto Botânico do Museu Nacional, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Braz J Biol. 2015 Jan-Mar;75(1):216-23. doi: 10.1590/1519-6984.11713.
In this study, we determined the temporal trends of publications by Brazilian authors on phytoplankton and compared these trends to those of other Latin American countries as well as to the 14 countries ranking ahead of Brazil in terms of scientific publication. To do this, we investigated phytoplankton studies published in an international database (Thomson-ISI). The data showed that Brazil plays an important role among other Latin American countries in the publication of these studies. Moreover, the trend of studies published on phytoplankton in Brazil was similar to trends recorded in the developed countries of the world. We conclude that studies can be more deliberately targeted to reduce national and international asymmetries by focusing on projects with large spatial scales and projects that concentrate on less-studied geographic regions, thus encouraging increased productivity in remote areas of the country. Associated with this is a necessary increase in high-impact journal publications, increasing the quantity and quality of Brazilian scientific studies on phytoplankton and, consequently, their global visibility.
在本研究中，我们确定了巴西作者关于浮游植物的出版物的时间趋势，并将这些趋势与其他拉丁美洲国家以及在科学出版物方面排名高于巴西的14个国家的趋势进行了比较。为此，我们调查了在一个国际数据库（汤姆森-ISI）中发表的浮游植物研究。数据表明，巴西在这些研究的发表方面在其他拉丁美洲国家中发挥着重要作用。此外，巴西发表的关于浮游植物的研究趋势与世界发达国家记录的趋势相似。我们得出结论，通过关注具有大空间尺度的项目以及专注于研究较少的地理区域的项目，可以更有针对性地开展研究，以减少国内和国际上的不对称性，从而鼓励该国偏远地区提高生产力。与此相关的是，有必要增加在高影响力期刊上的出版物数量，提高巴西关于浮游植物的科学研究的数量和质量，从而提高其全球知名度。
