Characterizing the doctoral process in Brazil over the years: period of training and academic production
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Scientometrics. Doctorate. Scientific production. Major areas of knowledge. Gender.Abstract
The study of scientific production and academic training in a country, area or even an institution is one of the main functions of scientometrics, for example pointing out which ones have provided the highest return to society. This paper analyzes the universe of 174,318 individuals who, from 1970 to 2016, completed or supervised a Ph.D., based on data extracted from curricula registered in the Lattes Platform, outlining a broad panorama of the doctoral process in Brazil in the period. Special attention is given to the gender of the advisers and advisors, including the four possible configurations that may occur between them, as well as the differences between the nine major areas of knowledge. In addition to the doctoral process itself, this article assesses the scientific production of the advisee, with and without collaboration with the advisor, the relationship period between them and the percentage of the advisers who remain in the academic environment. The results show increasing female participation in the process, with the percentage of supervised women having surpassed that of supervised men in 2000 and that of supervisors’ women appearing to follow the same trend, but with a 20-year delay. They also show an increase in the production of journals' papers by the students, a drop in the percentage of students who follow an academic career, an aspect in which the year of finishing the Ph.D. showed to be the factor with the greatest influence.Downloads
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