Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry - BRJAC - Brazilian Journal ...

Environmental Chemistry journals
Atmospheric Environment, Journal of Environmental
Monitoring and International Journal of Environmental
Analytical Chemistry.
Automation journals
Journal of Automated Methods & Management in
Chemistry, Journal of Automatic Chemistry and Laboratory
Robotics.
Others journals
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems,
Journal of Chemometrics, Journal of Radioanalytical
Chemistry, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
and Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.
3. results A n d dIscussIon
The publiCaTion o f analyTiCal ChemisTry in brazil
The Web of Science was searched from 1945 to November,
2009, involving the 45 chosen journals as “publication
name” and Brazil as “address”. This search revealed
4461 papers, being 3572 articles (80.3%), 667
proceedings papers (15.0%), 102 notes (2.3%), 66 reviews
(1.5%), and 40 letters, corrections, editorial material
etc. (0.9%). These publications led to 46,740 citations,
an average of citation per item of 10.51 and an
H index of 65. Figure 1 shows the number of published
items for the last 20 years. It can be seen that publication
in analytical chemistry in Brazil is growing every year.
Br J Anal Chem
Year
fIg u re 1. ev o l u t Io n o f t h e n u m b e r o f pApers publIshed In t h e l A s t
20 y e A r s.
Figure 2 shows that the number of citations increases
geometrically every year. These data also demonstrated
ove r v i e w of Th e br a z i l i a n pu b l i C a T i o n s in an a l y T i C a l Ch e m i s T r y
that the publication of review papers for Brazilian groups
should be incremented taking into account their importance
in the literature.
Year
fIg u re 2. ev o l u t Io n o f t h e n u m b e r o f c It A t Io n s o f t h e pApers p u blIshed
o f t h e selected j o u r n A l s.
In 1988 23 papers were published in the selected journals.
Of these, 82% (19 papers) originated from São
Paulo State. In 1998, 194 papers were published and
74% of these (144 papers) had authors from São Paulo
State. In 2008, 384 papers were published, and 56%
(214 papers) originated from São Paulo State. All these
numbers confirm that publication is growing throughout
the country. This evolution is a consequence of research
funding by federal and state agencies. Particularly,
some government actions have contributed decisively in
the last 30 years to this strong development. The influence
that the creation, in 1984, of the strategic program
named PADCT (Action Program for Scientific and Technological
Development), which established Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering as priority areas for research
funding, must be pointed out. In 1998, several other actions
were taken to increase research funding in Brazil.
The National Council for Scientific and Technological
Development (CNPq) has been applying large volumes
of resources in research and development in all areas
of Brazil. Finally, the creation of the “Portal da CAPES”
(www.periodicos.capes.gov.br) allowed easy access to
information throughout the country, which became one
of the greatest examples of free access to scientific publications
provided by government funds [165].
The publication of analytical chemistry in each Brazilian
State was also evaluated. The search was performed
using the same journals as “publication source” and for
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