The Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas and the scientific production

Abstract

This research analyses the scientific production of faculty members at the Graduate Programs (Strictu Sensus) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas during the period of 1995 to 2002. The study took into account, each individual’s production, as well as the production carried through research groups. The objectives
were (i) to analyze the connections of the graduate faculty production with lines of research; (ii) and to develop parameters to analyze the institutional scientific production. The method adopted to study the scientific productivity
was the scientometrics, which entailed a quantitative analysis resulting from intense investigations of (i) the production index of each faculty’s Lattes Curriculum, and (ii) the activities carried on in the research groups. The analysis parameters were specifically developed to examine the research produced at the Pontifícia
Universidade Católica de Campinas, considering the institution’s reality; thus, the tasks to be performed were (a) to relate the publication with the proposal/thematic of the research group; and to analyze (b) the research’s breadth, (c) the research’s type, (d) the research’s dissemination, and (e) faculty member’s individual productivity.
The results indicated relative growth in the studied period; evolution was evident, given the overall surprising numbers, and in spite of the low numbers of articles published in periodicals (499 articles), exception made to the higher number produced by faculty of the Graduate Program in Psychology. In conclusion, this research demonstrates the excellence of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas Graduate Programs, whose relevant results in scientific research, with their social meaning, justify not only the existence and preservation of such Programs, but also their near future development.