ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF SCHOLARS GRANTS CNPQ ON PRODUCTION ENGINEERING IN BRAZIL: AN ASSESSMENT OF YEARS 2007-2009

摘要

This paper analyses the academic production of researchers that have the so called "productivity grants" awarded by CNPq, the Brazilian research funding agency, in the field of Production Engineering in the period 2007-2009. The data was extracted from the resumes of Brazilian researchers in the Lattes Platform. The population of 101 researchers was grouped according to the level of their grants: lABSenior, 1CD, 2PQ and 2DT. The aggregate level lABSenior was found to be the one with the largest volume of high impact publications. Researchers in the aggregate group 1CD are the ones with the most publications in mid-impact journals. 2PQ and 2DT grant holders are the ones that supervise the most students at a masters' level. The 2DT researchers are more focused on hands-on technology and innovation. Based on that, one concludes that CNPq usually follows the award criteria for the grants. There seems to be logical coherence regarding the distribution of grants, at least with respect to the easily measurable progression criteria. However, there is some evidence that for criteria that are harder to assess, there may be some evaluation concerns that need to be addressed, in order to keep the process fair.