Produção científica em astronomia no Brasil: uma análise na literatura indexada no portal de periódicos da Capes

Abstract

Scientific production is one of the most decisive pillars of scientific communication, and contributes to the scientific and technological development of a country. The aim of this research is to investigate the scenario of scientific production in Astronomy in Brazil in the CAPES Journal Portal, between 2010 and 2020. The research is descriptive and exploratory in nature, of quali-quantitative approach, and bibliometric analysis was used. Data collection took place between january and february 2021, through the expressions Astronomia AND Brasil, and sought to identify the characterization of journals, articles and authors, through the platforms Periódicos Capes, SCImago Journal & Country Rank, DOAJ, Sucupira Platform, e-MEC, Orcid and Curriculum Lattes. From the results, it can be seen that 89% of the scientific journals are between Qualis A1 and Qualis B5, belonging to the areas of astronomy, physics and astrophysics, being the highest peak of production observed in the year 2020. The articles in english correspond to 98% and portray on subjects such as galaxies, stars and planets, and 35% of the articles presented between 2 and 3 authors. We identified 197 authors who published the most on the subject, being the most collaborative author with 66 articles. In addition, 21% of the authors analyzed are linked to the University of São Paulo, and all have a doctorate degree, 77 titles in the areas of Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics. Therefore, it is concluded that it is possible to see an increasing trend in relation to publications and international collaborations in scientific productions on Astronomy in the country.