Brazil's Scientific Research On The Rise, Thomson Reuters Study Finds

Member of the "BRIC" Nations Sees Both Output and Impact Steadily Increase

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters today
announced the results of a study documenting Brazil's steady rise during the
last two decades in both the volume and impact of its scientific work.
According to Science Watch, these findings underscore Brazil's standing among
the emergent "BRIC" nations. BRIC -- an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and
China -- are the countries possessing the resources and economic potential to
capture a significant share of the world's future economic growth.

To assess Brazil's research, Science Watch turned to publication and citation
statistics compiled in the Thomson Reuters National Science Indicators
database.

The country's scientific output has increased dramatically. The number of
published research papers with at least one Brazil-based author increased from
just more than 3,000 in 1989 to more than 19,000 in 2007.

To examine output across various scientific fields, Science Watch compared
Brazil's share of Thomson Reuters-indexed papers during two time periods,
1994-1998 and 2004-2008. Agricultural Sciences led the pack with an increase
of 3.2 percentage points between the 1994-1998 period and the 2004-2008
period. Plant & animal sciences ranked second with a 3 percent increase and
pharmacology & toxicology rounded out the top three with a 1.78 percent
increase.

Science Watch also assessed the overall impact of Brazil's science by charting
its combined citations-per-paper in all fields compared to the world average.

"Since 1985, Brazil has realized the highest overall impact average for any of
the BRIC nations compared to the world average," said Christopher King, editor
of Science Watch. "Although still registering below the overall world average
for scientific impact, Brazil has been steadily rising towards parity since
the late 1980s. It has moved from a score that was at 44 percent of the world
average during the 1985-1989 time period to 63 percent of the world mark
during 2004-2008. In recent years, however, Brazil's trajectory has been
relatively flat, while both India and China are sharply rising in terms of
impact."

For more information about Brazil's research output and impact, including
expert analysis, visit Thomson Reuters' ScienceWatch.com.

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