Discutindo a ciência brasileira

Tema:Identifying reasons for success in biomedical research and publishing.
Palestrante:Dr. David Bousfield - Ganesha-Associates (Cambridge - UK)
Data:14.11.14
Horário:14h
Local:Auditório II do Minas

O Brasil, apesar do seu destaque proeminente na pesquisa científica mundial, ainda está muito aquém dos países líderes em publicação de artigos em periódicos. A palestra vai discutir as razões para o atual status quo da publicação da pesquisa brasileira. Além da falta de fluência na língua inglesa, problemas mais profundos prejudicam a publicação de trabalhos brasileiros. O palestrante menciona a própria formulação da pergunta científica do trabalho como um fator preponderante para tal. Confira abaixo o abstract completo em inglês.

The regular assessment of Brasil’s scientific output means that individual university departments need to constantly improve the quantity and quality of their scientific research. A significant proportion of this output involves the work of Master's and Doctoral students, but getting this work published in a suitable journal can often prove to be a challenge. Although students' lack of fluency in English is too often a contributing factor, many of the problems that emerge when an article is submitted for publication have an early origin in the formulation of the research problem and the establishment of its relevance to current research trends in the international literature. In short, more time needs to be spent in the library and less in the laboratory, and more effort needs to be made in teaching students basic research skills such as the effective use of bibliographic databases like PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus, and related tools such as Reference Manager and Mendeley.