Published annually by Clarivate Analytics, a list of the most cited scientists of the previous decade highlights a paradox in Brazilian research: despite constant growth of the country’s scientific output, few of its papers have a major international impact. In the 2021 edition of the list, released on November 16, only 21 of the 6,602 elite authors are from institutions in Brazil (0.3% of ...

In 2019, 64,368 scientific papers were published1 and indexed by the World of Science base with at least one author based in Brazil, representing an increase of 6.9% over 2018, when there were 60,203. This number accounts for 2.8% of global scientific output, which totals 2.33 million papers per year Authors based in São Paulo were involved …

A capacidade de pesquisa do Brasil cresceu em anos recentes, de acordo com o novo censo do Diretório de Grupos de Pesquisa (DGP), uma espécie de inventário das equipes de pesquisadores em atividade no país. Em 2023, havia 42.852 grupos cadastrados, ante 37.640 em 2016 – a contagem não era feita havia sete anos pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq ...

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Pesquisa FAPESP is the only magazine that specializes in covering science and technology research in Brazil. Through news reports, videos, and podcasts, the magazine reports on the results of Brazilian research with intellectual, social, or economic impact in all fields.

It has been nearly three years since the last English edition of Pesquisa FAPESP. The pandemic and consequent suspension of face-to-face activities interrupted our periodic publication of articles originally published in Portuguese, although the English version of our website has been kept up to date (revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en). Now, we are …

In 2021, FAPESP invested R$1.01 billion in 19,692 research projects, 3.5% more than the R$978.3 million spent in 2020, but still below pre-pandemic levels: in 2019, it invested R$1.25 billion. A summary of the foundation's activities and investments in the last year is provided in the FAPESP Activities Report 2021, released on September 1. The full version is available at fapesp.br/publicacoes ...

More than half (60.3%) of Brazilians say they are interested or very interested in science and technology (S&T), according to data from the 2023 Survey on Public Perception of S&T in Brazil.The results were released on May 15 by the Center for Management and Strategic Studies (CGEE) and the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI).

An escalating homeless crisis, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen entire families — along with their pets and belongings — taking refuge in makeshift tents on city streets and public squares. This trend, once confined to developing nations, has now become a global phenomenon. Recent research at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) has documented the growth of ...

The cultivation of rice and beans, two central ingredients in the Brazilian diet, faces challenges related to rising global temperatures, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and declining water availability for irrigating crops. Confronted with the worsening climate crisis, the country needs to invest in the research and development of technologies capable of …