International collaboration in Brazilian science: financing and impact
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International collaboration in Brazilian science: financing and impact Concepta McManus1 · Abilio Afonso Baeta Neves2 · Andrea Queiroz Maranhão1 · Antonio Gomes Souza Filho3 · Jaime Martins Santana1 Accepted: 22 September 2020 © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2020
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 regional and not an international partner in science. Important also to note the impact of Brazilian authors in international collaboration that is well above the world mean. The collaboration of Brazil with foreign partners brings benefits for both sides, creating the opportunity of Brazilian research access to financing from international agencies. Increases in measures of impact are also seen for both sides. Foreign partners likewise benefit from higher impact factors in the same topic cluster, when collaborating with Brazilian partners. Publishing open access in high impact journals is fundamental for maintaining Brazilian science at the forefront. Keywords Brazilian research · Knowledge area · Citations · OECD · International collaboration
Introduction The concept of collaboration, a partnership or co-operation (CPC) in science and research means that the different actors make efforts to achieve a common goal (Teixeira da Silva 2011). This collaboration can be local, national or international. The competition to publish Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s1119 2-020-03728-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Concepta McManus [email protected] Extended author information available on the last page of the article
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the research results in high impact, international journals are made harder by the ongoing, exponential generation of knowledge, as well as the costs of this publication (McManus et al. In press). According to Adams (2013), the fourth age of research (the first three being the individual, the institutional and the national) is characterized by international collaborations among elite research groups. This author claims that institutions that do not form international collaborations risk progressive disenfranchisement, and countries that do not nurture their talent will lose out it entirely. Areas such as the Soci
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