Abstract
In view of the devaluation of Brazilian education and science observed in recent years and considering the importance of Physiology as basic science it is necessary to carry out the general mapping of this area by analyzing the profile of productivity researchers fellows and, therefore, highlight possible discrepancies existing between the different levels of categories. This is an observational, descriptive study. Free access was made to the information contained on National Council for Scientific and Technological Development website for the identification of PQ fellows. We found 193 PQ fellowship in Physiology, 72% of which were located in the Southeast region. We also observed a predominance of male fellowships (54.9%). Regarding the distribution by public and private sectors, 94.8% were in the public service. Among the Institutions where the researchers were located, 6 of them are responsible for 52.4% of the PQ fellowships. When analyzing the total number of PG programs reposted in the Lattes, we found a total of 152 PG programs, of which 46 are in the area of CBII. We conclude that although researchers from all over the Brazilian territory may apply for a Productivity Grant, these are still concentrated in the Southeast region, thus revealing the disparity in distribution. We also highlight the distribution of fellowship by sex, indicating a predominance of males, especially at higher hierarchical levels. Based on our data, the most researchers are linked to only one graduate program and 27.6% of them are allocated to the area of Biological Science II.
Highlights
Brazilian scientific production, according to a report produced by Clarivate Analytics in 2018, ranked 13th worldwide, a fact that reflects the growth of national productivity (Cross, Thomson, & Sibclair, 2018)
We identified 193 fellows in Physiology research productivity with current fellowship in May 2020, which corresponds to 1.27% of the total amount of fellowships distributes in the country, considering information provided by CNPq site
When analyzing the bond institutions of the fellowship researchers, we found a total of 46 universities in the country where the researchers are distributed, and 6 of them are responsible for 52.4% of the PQ fellowship holders: University of São Paulo (USP) (19.7%), UFRJ (7.8%), UNIFESP (7.8%), UFMG (6.7%), UFRGS (5.2%) and UNICAMP (5.2%)
Summary
Brazilian scientific production, according to a report produced by Clarivate Analytics in 2018, ranked 13th worldwide, a fact that reflects the growth of national productivity (Cross, Thomson, & Sibclair, 2018). According to data from the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications, the number of publications indexed in Scopus jumped from 40.811 in 2008 to 74.195 in 2018 (Brasil, 2019) Such information corroborates the impacts of citations of Brazilian production, corresponding to an increase of 18% in recent years (Cross et al, 2018). Nacional Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, as well known in Brazil), one of the main funding agencies for Brazilian scientific research, created the Research Productivity fellowship program. This type of fellowship is attributed to researchers according to the quantity, but mainly the quality of their production in their respective areas of expertise (Wainer & Vieira, 2013). Public notices are offered in which researchers holding the title of doctor and of outstanding production can competitively request the resource, based on criteria established by the advisory committees of their respective areas (Santos, Cândido, & Kuppens, 2010; Sturmer, Viero, Silveira, Lukrafka, & Plentz, 2013)
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