Abstract
The field of Higher Education is advancing worldwide. This work aimed to apply a bibliometric approach on scientific publications about education in the sector of Higher Education, especially concerning the Brazilian ones. For this purpose, the database of Web of Science was used. The analyzed indicators included the Brazilian position worldwide concerning the number of papers and of citations, languages of publications and international collaborations. They were compared with other countries in MERCOSUR and in Latin America. In addition, the main institutions and funding agencies in Brazil were verified. The results showed that Brazil is the most prolific country in the Latin America, and it is among the most important in the world too. Most of the Brazilian articles were in Portuguese. Most of the Brazilian researchers were from public universities (e.g., USP, UFSC and Unesp) and supported by public agencies (as CNPq, CAPES and FAPESP). While most of the international collaborations happened with Portugal, Spain and USA. Besides that, suggestions of future studies in this area were indicated.
Highlights
The access to the Higher Education is growing worldwide. Marginson (2016) stated that one-third of world population in the proper school age has already been enrolled in an institution of Higher Education
When we look at the Latin America, the relevance of Brazil is clear for it is the country with more papers (Figure 1c) and more citations (Figure 1d)
I carried out a bibliometric analysis of the Brazilian scientific production about education in the sector of Higher Education
Summary
The access to the Higher Education is growing worldwide. Marginson (2016) stated that one-third of world population in the proper school age has already been enrolled in an institution of Higher Education. Marginson (2016) stated that one-third of world population in the proper school age has already been enrolled in an institution of Higher Education. This is a reality in many countries, such as Brazil. This census collects data from Higher Education institutions in the country and profiles of courses, students and professors as well. In 2007, there were 2,281 institutions of Higher Education in Brazil, with over 5 million of students and 317 thousand professors (Inep, 2009). In 2019 there were 2,608 institutions in Brazil, with over 8.6 million students and almost 400 thousand professors (Inep, 2020). It is interesting to mention that Brazil entered in the list with world class universities, e.g. with United States of America (USA), England and China (Waltman et al, 2012; Jöns & Hoyler, 2013)
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