An analysis of the Brazilian researchers on freshwater fish genetics and reproduction as coauthors in academic papers

Science is a social activity in some senses: first, in any of its fields science is an accumulated body of knowledge inherited from generations of antecessors by its practitioners, the scientists. In second place, the results of the scientific findings are shared socially and finally, those results to be successfully achieved demands from the researchers a high grade of collaboration, through the formations of a social network. The collaboration between researchers may result in the publication of an academic article. This publication serves as an index of the existence of a social network of collaboration between researchers and may reveal how a specific field of knowledge has been established, who are the researchers that act as facilitators among colleagues as well as to give some clues about the direction the specific field may unfold.The objective of this work was apply techniques of Social Network Analysis on the community formed by the Brazilian researchers, that are granted a CNPq scholarship on research productivity, with an interest in genetics and reproduction of freshwater fishes. Their linkage in co-authoring research papers published byacademic journals were examined. For the determination of this community and the academic articles, the existing data of researchers in the PlatformLattes of the CNPq database were extracted through the applicative ScriptLattes, which search for the works published in co-authorship. Later, on these data was applied a software dedicated to the Analysis of Social Networks, and graphs of social network and some of its metrics were obtained. The analysis found the Lattes CVs of 33 researchers who published 1156 articles in co-authorship in 502 different journals. As a result, the analysis shows that these researchers form an academic network with low density, and in twenty periodicals were published 25% of the articles produced in co-authorship by those researchers.

An analysis of the Brazilian researchers on freshwater fish genetics and reproduction as coauthors in academic papers

Science is a social activity in some senses: first, in any of its fields science is an accumulated body of knowledge inherited from generations of antecessors by its practitioners, the scientists. In second place, the results of the scientific findings are shared socially and finally, those results to be successfully achieved demands from the researchers a high grade of collaboration, through the formations of a social network. The collaboration between researchers may result in the publication of an academic article. This publication serves as an index of the existence of a social network of collaboration between researchers and may reveal how a specific field of knowledge has been established, who are the researchers that act as facilitators among colleagues as well as to give some clues about the direction the specific field may unfold.The objective of this work was apply techniques of Social Network Analysis on the community formed by the Brazilian researchers, that are granted a CNPq scholarship on research productivity, with an interest in genetics and reproduction of freshwater fishes. Their linkage in co-authoring research papers published byacademic journals were examined. For the determination of this community and the academic articles, the existing data of researchers in the PlatformLattes of the CNPq database were extracted through the applicative ScriptLattes, which search for the works published in co-authorship. Later, on these data was applied a software dedicated to the Analysis of Social Networks, and graphs of social network and some of its metrics were obtained. The analysis found the Lattes CVs of 33 researchers who published 1156 articles in co-authorship in 502 different journals. As a result, the analysis shows that these researchers form an academic network with low density, and in twenty periodicals were published 25% of the articles produced in co-authorship by those researchers.(AU)

Saberes e práticas éticas em publicações científicas – considerações / Knowledge and ethical practices in scientific publications – considerations

A publicação cientifica em medicina veterinária e áreas afins têm provocado discussões sobre conduta ética de autores e coautores bem como de editores e revisores. Objetivou-se abordar brevemente as resoluções sobre publicação científica na medicina veterinária e apresentar critérios de autoria e coautoria. É interessante quantificar as atividades científicas para facilitar o processo de indicação de autoria e coautoria. Estas devem ser definidas antes da redação do artigo em comum acordo com a equipe executora.

The scientific publication in veterinary medicine and related areas has provoked discussions about the ethical conduct of authors and co-authors as well as editors and reviewers. Aimed to address briefly the resolutions on scientific publishing in veterinary medicine and present definitions of authorship and co-authorship. It is interesting to quantify the scientific activities to facilitate the nomination process of authorship and coauthorship. These must be set before writing the article in agreement with the team performing.

Saberes e práticas éticas em publicações científicas considerações / Knowledge and ethical practices in scientific publications considerations

A publicação cientifica em medicina veterinária e áreas afins têm provocado discussões sobre conduta ética de autores e coautores bem como de editores e revisores. Objetivou-se abordar brevemente as resoluções sobre publicação científica na medicina veterinária e apresentar critérios de autoria e coautoria. É interessante quantificar as atividades científicas para facilitar o processo de indicação de autoria e coautoria. Estas devem ser definidas antes da redação do artigo em comum acordo com a equipe executora.(AU)

The scientific publication in veterinary medicine and related areas has provoked discussions about the ethical conduct of authors and co-authors as well as editors and reviewers. Aimed to address briefly the resolutions on scientific publishing in veterinary medicine and present definitions of authorship and co-authorship. It is interesting to quantify the scientific activities to facilitate the nomination process of authorship and coauthorship. These must be set before writing the article in agreement with the team performing.(AU)

Neotropical Ichthyology: trajectory and bibliometric index (2003 - 2010)

The Neotropical Ichthyology journal was created in 2003 and soon became one of the main publications in its field as it is reflected in the number of articles submitted every year and the fact that it has been indexed by both SciELO and ISI. In order to understand the reasons for its trajectory, the journal history was recovered and bibliometric indices on author, citation and impact factor were mapped for the period between 2003 and 2010. A descriptive study on journal information source and a bibliometric study of the 388 articles published by the journal and the 642 articles that cite it have been carried out. Bibliometric analyses showed that 75.8 percent of the articles had been written by Brazilian authors and 91.3 percent had been published in collaboration. The journal was cited by 171 different publications from 28 countries, including renowned journals in the field. Self-citation accounted for 26.8 percent of journal citation. Analyses have been able to show that strict evaluation control and editing of the articles have contributed towards its success and internationalization.(AU)

O periódico Neotropical Ichthyology foi criado em 2003 e rapidamente despontou como uma das principais publicações em sua área, fato refletido no número de submissões de artigos anuais e na sua inclusão na SciELO e no ISI. Com o objetivo de entender os motivos desta trajetória, resgata-se a história da revista e mapeiam-se indicadores bibliométricos de autoria, citação e fator de impacto no período de 2003 a 2010. Para isso, procede-se a um estudo descritivo de fontes de informação sobre o periódico e a um estudo bibliométrico dos 388 artigos publicados e dos 642 artigos citantes. Os resultados das análises bibliométricas revelam que 75,8 por cento dos artigos foram escritos por autores brasileiros e 91,3 por cento foram publicados em colaboração. O periódico foi citado até agora por 171 diferentes publicações provenientes de 28 países, incluindo periódicos de renome na área. A auto-citação perfez 26,8 por cento das citações ao periódico. As análises realizadas permitiram identificar que rígidos controles de avaliação de artigos e de edição contribuíram para o sucesso e a internacionalização da revista.(AU)

Analysis of collaboration networks for scientific and technological research on passion fruit / Análise das redes de colaboração em ações de pesquisa científica e tecnológica sobre maracujá

Scientific research on passion fruit has been conducted in several institutions worldwide, and it is of interest to the productive sector, the scientific community, and science and technology managers to learn about current scientific advances and opportunities through metric studies of bibliographic information. A survey of publications indexed in the Web of Science and the Agricultural Research Database-BDPA, in European Patent Office - Espacenet, and Embrapa's technologies and projects were used as indicators to characterize research networks. This study analyzed the co-authorship and co-citation network of scientific production, the strength of connections among institutions, and a map of co-occurrence of keywords from 2001 to 2020. Brazil, the United States, Colombia, and France had the largest co-authorship networks for Passifloraceae. Brazilian institutions that are in a prominent position in the analysis of co-authorship networks and that produced the largest number of publications were Embrapa, University of São Paulo (USP), and State University of Campinas (Unicamp). The main themes studied were adsorption, antioxidant, clarification, evolution, flavonoid, flowering, growth, and somatic embryogenesis. Patents related to the use of passifloras were highest between 2015 and 2017 and were mainly focused on the production of food, beverages, cosmetics, and medicines. Brazil has relevant bibliographic production and technological development regarding passion fruit for the academic community and rural producers. These results integrated aspects of scientific activity that can help explore new research directions and explain the use and circulation of scientific production.

As pesquisas sobre o maracujá são realizadas em diversas instituições ao redor do mundo e é de interesse do setor produtivo, da comunidade científica e dos gestores de ciência e tecnologia, conhecer a dinâmica da ciência por meio de estudos métricos das informações bibliográficas. O levantamento das publicações indexadas na Web of Science e na Base de Dados de Pesquisa Agropecuária da Embrapa (BDPA), os registros no Escritório Europeu de Patentes - Espacenet, as tecnologias e os projetos da Embrapa foram utilizados como indicadores para caracterizar as redes de pesquisa sobre os maracujás. Este estudo analisou a rede de coautoria e cocitação da produção científica, a força de conexão entre as instituições e o mapa de coocorrência de palavras-chave entre 2001 e 2020. Brasil, Estados Unidos, Colômbia e França tiveram as maiores redes de coautoria em Passifloraceaes. As instituições brasileiras em posição de destaque na análise das redes de coautoria e que produziram o maior número de publicações foram Embrapa, USP e Unicamp. Os principais temas estudados foram adsorção, antioxidante, clarificação, evolução, flavonoide, floração, crescimento e embriogênese somática. As patentes relacionadas ao uso do maracujá tiveram destaque entre 2015 e 2017 com foco na produção de alimentos, bebidas, cosméticos e medicamentos. O Brasil possui relevante produção bibliográfica e desenvolvimento tecnológico sobre o maracujá tanto para a comunidade acadêmica quanto para os produtores rurais. Estes resultados integram aspectos da atividade científica que poderão prospectar novos direcionamentos de pesquisa e tornar conhecidos o uso e a circulação da produção científica.

Indicadores de impacto, visibilidade e colaboração para a produção científica da Pós-graduação brasileira : um estudo nos programas de excelência na área de Zootecnia

O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar os indicadores de citação e colaboração aplicados à produção científica dos programas da área de Zootecnia, com conceito de excelência internacional, no triênio 2007-2009, contribuindo para o aprimoramento da avaliação da pós-graduação brasileira. Mais especificamente, objetiva-se identificar o impacto e a visibilidade da produção científica destes programas, por meio da análise das citações recebidas pelos artigos publicados em periódicos Qualis A1 e A2, e investigar a contribuição de dois indicadores de citação para a análise do impacto científico dos programas de pós-graduação: Fator de Impacto e Índice h. Ainda, objetiva-se descrever e analisar a rede de colaboração científica, tanto em âmbito nacional como internacional, por meio de análise de coautoria, identificando as instituições e países que cooperaram com a produção do conhecimento novo nestes programas, no período em estudo. A produção científica foi coletada nos Cadernos de Indicadores da CAPES; as citações, extraídas da base SCOPUS; e as coautorias, coletadas nas primeiras páginas dos artigos. Para construção das redes de colaboração científica, foi utilizado o software Pajek 2.00. Aplicou-se a correlação de Pearson entre os indicadores estudados. Como resultado,considerou-se que o Índice h e o Fator de Impacto (FI) são indicadores importantes na avaliação qualitativa de programas de pós-graduação brasileiros, pois descrevem diferentes atributos da produção científica dos programas analisados.Verificou-se que os programas se relacionam com as principais instituições e países que produzem o conhecimento novo na área de Zootecnia. A aplicação da correlação de Pearson entre os indicadores revelou que o FI do periódico (sua visibilidade) pode influenciar no número de citações (consequentemente no impacto). Observou-se, também, uma correlação positiva, embora fraca,entre

The aim of research is to analyze the citation and collaboration indicators applied to the scientific production of Graduate Programs in the area of Animal Science with the concept of international excellence in the 2007-2009 triennium, contributing to improving the assessment of Brazilian graduate courses. More specifically, the objective is to identify the impact and visibility of scientific production of these programs, through the analysis of citations received by articles published in journals with Qualis A1 and A2, and investigate the contribution of two citation indicators for analyzing the scientific impact of graduate programs: h-index and Impact Factor (IF). Still, the objective is to describe and analyze the scientific collaboration network, both nationally and internationally these programs through co-authorship analysis, identifying the institutions and countries that cooperated with the production of new knowledge in these programs during the study period. The scientific production were collected in books of indicators provided by CAPES, the quotations from the base SCOPUS, and co-authorship collected in the first pages of articles. For construction of scientific collaboration networks, was used the software Pajek 2.00. Applied the Pearson correlation between the indicators studied. As a result, it was found that the index h and the Impact Factor (IF) are important indicators in the qualitative evaluation of Brazilian graduate programs, because they describe different attributes of scientific programs analyzed. It was also observed that the programs relate with main institutions and countries that produce new knowledge in the field of Animal Science. The application of the Pearson correlation between the indicators revealed that the Impact Factor of the journal (visibility) can influence the number of citations (therefore in the impact). It was observed also a positive correlation, although weak, between the number of