Published annually by Clarivate Analytics, a list of the most cited scientists of the previous decade highlights a paradox in Brazilian research: despite constant growth of the country’s scientific output, few of its papers have a major international impact. In the 2021 edition of the list, released on November 16, only 21 of the 6,602 elite authors are from institutions in Brazil (0.3% of ...

On August 3, the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) celebrated six decades since its inauguration. Formed at the beginning of the space race—led by the USA and the former Soviet Union—to conduct research and develop technologies and applications related to the space sector, the institute has since established itself as …

Pesquisa FAPESP is the only magazine that specializes in covering science and technology research in Brazil. Through news reports, videos, and podcasts, the magazine reports on the results of Brazilian research with intellectual, social, or economic impact in all fields.

Between 1994 and 2019, FAPESP invested R$1.88 billion (in 2019 values) in funding lines1 related to the internationalization of scientific research. In 2019 alone, the foundation allocated R$199 million to these areas, corresponding to 15.9% of its total annual funding (R$1.26 billion) The Research Internship Abroad program (BEPE) is currently FAPESP’s primary instrument for supporting the ...

In 2019, 64,368 scientific papers were published1 and indexed by the World of Science base with at least one author based in Brazil, representing an increase of 6.9% over 2018, when there were 60,203. This number accounts for 2.8% of global scientific output, which totals 2.33 million papers per year Authors based in São Paulo were involved …

It has been nearly three years since the last English edition of Pesquisa FAPESP. The pandemic and consequent suspension of face-to-face activities interrupted our periodic publication of articles originally published in Portuguese, although the English version of our website has been kept up to date (revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en). Now, we are …

In 2021, FAPESP invested R$1.01 billion in 19,692 research projects, 3.5% more than the R$978.3 million spent in 2020, but still below pre-pandemic levels: in 2019, it invested R$1.25 billion. A summary of the foundation's activities and investments in the last year is provided in the FAPESP Activities Report 2021, released on September 1. The full version is available at fapesp.br/publicacoes ...

At the end of August, new legislation will come into force regulating scientific studies involving human beings in Brazil. The federal law, which was passed by the government on May 28, seeks to speed up the approval of research proposals, including clinical trials of new drugs and treatments. Brazil’s Ministry of Health is still working on the regulatory framework that will be implemented ...

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In the Paraíba State backland municipality of Sousa, dinosaurs are an attraction; abounding in preserved footprints, the Valley of the Dinosaurs conservation unit is open to visitors and home to a museum of fossils found in the area. Consequently, paleontologists were the group most interested in the region until recently. Now, archaeologists are …