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Spatial distribution of scientific activities: An exploratory analysis of Brazil, 2000–10

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  • Tulio Chiarini
  • Vanessa Parreiras Oliveira
  • Fabio Chaves do Couto e Silva Neto

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The literature analyzing the spatial distribution of scientific and technological production in Brazil identifies differences in the regional distribution of scientific and technological resources. In this paper, we contribute to this discussion, by analyzing the dynamics of the production of new scientific knowledge in the states that contributed the most to national scientific production in the period 2000–10: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, also known as the ‘scientific quartet’. Our hypothesis is that even with federal policies aimed at the expansion and decentralization of the production of new scientific knowledge, this production is still strongly anchored in the ‘scientific quartet’. We further identify a concentration of scientific production in three major areas of knowledge: agricultural, biological and health sciences.

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  • Tulio Chiarini & Vanessa Parreiras Oliveira & Fabio Chaves do Couto e Silva Neto, 2014. "Spatial distribution of scientific activities: An exploratory analysis of Brazil, 2000–10," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 41(5), pages 625-640.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:41:y:2014:i:5:p:625-640.
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    1. Nara Tadini Junqueira & Luiz Fernando Magnago & Paulo Santos Pompeu, 2020. "Assessing fish sampling effort in studies of Brazilian streams," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 123(2), pages 841-860, May.

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