A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Brazilian Science from the Perspective of Researchers' Career Trajectories.

ABSTRACT: The growth of Brazilian scientific production in recent years is remarkable, which motivates an investigation on the factors, inside and outside the country, that helped shape this wealthy research environment. This article provides a thorough analysis of the education of researchers that constitute the main Brazilian research groups, using data on about 6,000 researchers involved in the country's National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCT) initiative. Data on the steps taken by each researcher in her education, from the bachelor's degree to doctorate, including a possible postdoctoral experience, and employment, are extracted from an official curriculum vitae repository. The location and the time at which each career step occurred define spatiotemporal career trajectories. We the

SUBMITTER: Furtado CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4626096 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature