title: Scientific Performance of Brazilian Researchers in Pharmacology with grants from CNPq: A comparative study within the Brazilian categories.
abstract: In Brazil, scientific performance of researchers is one important criteria for decision-making in grant allocation. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate and compare the profile of 82 seniors' investigators (graded as level 1A-D) which were receiving CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) productivity grant in Pharmacology, by analyzing the pattern of citation of their papers and h-index. Total documents, citations (with and without self-citations) and h-index (with and without self-citations) were retrieved from the Scopus database. The results indicated a clear difference among researchers from the higher categories (1A and 1B) in most of the parameters analyzed. However, no noticeable differentiation was found between researchers from grant category 1C and 1D. The results presented here may inform the scientific community and the grant agencies on the profile of PQ 1(A-D) fellows of Pharmacology, and may help to define new differences within CNPq grant categories, and consequently, a better allocation of grants.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e Ciências: Química da Vida e Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.|Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.|Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básica da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jean P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kamdem
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.|Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Amos O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Abolaji
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pampa/UNIPAMPA, Campus Uruguaiana, BR-472, Km 7, 97500-970 Uruguaiana, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e Ciências: Química da Vida e Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calabró
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nilda V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e Ciências: Química da Vida e Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Diogo O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: João Batista T
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*