International collaboration in Brazilian science: financing and impact.

ABSTRACT: The study of international collaborations can help in understanding the benefits of such relationships and aid in developing national financing policies. In this paper, the international collaboration of Brazilian scientists was studied using SciVal^® and Incites^® database, looking at its effect on the universities, financing agencies and different areas of knowledge and research topic clusters. Cluster and principal component analyses of scientometric data were carried out. While the results confirmed known knowledge that international collaboration increases impact, this study shows that Brazilian researchers are contributing to prominent research topics worldwide, in all areas of knowledge. This finding is contrary to several points of view that identify Brazil as a

SUBMITTER: McManus C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7547822 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature