Pointing out geographic and gender disparities related to productivity indicators among Brazilian ecotoxicologists.

Autor: da Silva Freitas L; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., de Lima Brum R; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., da Rosa Moraes NG; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Dal Pizzol JL; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Amado LL; Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia (LABECOTOX) e Laboratório de Monitoramento Ambiental Marinho (LAPMAR), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil., Nilin J; Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil., Salla RF; Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil., Rocha TL; Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil., Camargo LS; Ciências Regulatórias, BASF SA, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil., Coronas MV; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Campus de Cachoeira do Sul, Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., da Silva Pereira T; Laboratório de Ecologia, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Altamira, Pará, Brasil., da Silva Júnior FMR; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Integrated environmental assessment and management [Integr Environ Assess Manag] 2024 Sep; Vol. 20 (5), pp. 1209-1216. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 14.
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4905
Abstrakt: Policies and actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion have been discussed recently in Brazil, but there is still limited information available for most academic and knowledge fields, including ecotoxicology. This study aimed to describe the profile of Brazilian ecotoxicologists and assess gender and geographical disparities, especially regarding productivity indicators. An ecological study was conducted using data of the researchers registered in the open-access database of the Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology, along with their respective curriculum data available on the Lattes Platform, which is the main registry portal for Brazilian researchers. The target population of our study was ecotoxicology researchers in academic educational institutions with a focus on human resource training. The data, collected in 2021, led to the inclusion of a total of 177 researchers in this study, with 62 men and 115 women, and 42.37% working in the southeastern region. Female researchers generally showed lower rates of scientific productivity when the analyzed metrics included research productivity scholarships, the number of articles published in scientific journals, and the number of articles published with international collaborations, compared to male researchers. Researchers from the southeastern and southern regions also had higher rates of productivity and human resource training compared to those from other regions of the country. The proportion of funding grants received was significantly higher among men, and this profile was also observed among researchers from the southern and southeastern regions, although with a smaller disparity. This means that there is an uneven distribution of funding grants from funding organizations, which favors men and urban centers. Our findings highlight gender and geographic disparities in the scientific production of ecotoxicologists working in Brazil and reinforce the existence of complex obstacles that need to be addressed and combated within scientific societies. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1209-1216. © 2024 SETAC.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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