Investments in Brazilian science impact field research with anurans
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amphibians, scientific production, study areaAbstract
The field research in Brazil, the country with the richest anuran fauna on the planet, may be in danger after successive cuts on science investments during the last decade. We aimed to investigate the effect of public investment on scientific production related to field studies with anurans between 2010 and 2020. We hypothesize that the reduction of investment in research over the last years has impacted scientific production. We performed a systematic review seeking for publications in the Web of Science database, totally or partially made on-field and in Brazil. Our results show that despite reduced public investments, the number of annual publications increased. However, a great time frame between fieldwork and publication suggests that field trips may be reduced. We also emphasize significant and higher differences in public and national investments, of 75.4% and 78.12%, respectively, over private and foreign investments, presenting a positive linear relationship with the annual number of publications. Furthermore, we reinforce the importance of national public development agencies as they operate in the states and suggest that future studies should be carried out to monitor the appearance of publications according to their respective years of field surveys.
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