Sociology of science: are knowledge production and the quest for scientific status two divergent courses?

  • Christoffersen M
  • Almeida W
  • Lycurgo T
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With the publication of a cover article in Nature by a group of Brazilian researchers, it has been suggested that science in Brazil has "progressed" to a level comparable to that of more developed countries. We argue that Brazil's contribution to the world scientific circuit is otherwise not very significant, even if more biological journals are published there than in other countries of continental dimensions, such as Australia, Canada and Russia.Com a publicação de um artigo de capa na Nature por um grupo de pesquisadores brasileiros, foi propagado que a ciência no Brasil tem progredido a um nível comparável ao de países desenvolvidos. Argumentamos que as contribuições do Brasil para o circuito científico internacional não são expressivas, mesmo que mais revistas biológicas sejam publicadas no Brasil do que em outros países continentais, como Austrália, Canadá e Rússia.

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Christoffersen, M. L., Almeida, W. de O., & Lycurgo, T. (2009). Sociology of science: are knowledge production and the quest for scientific status two divergent courses? História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, 16(2), 505–513. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-59702009000200012

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