Elsevier Library Connect Newsletter: Brazil Scopus Awards 2007 honor 15 researchers

Volume 5 • Number 4
October 2007 • ISSN: 1549-3725
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Brazil Scopus Awards 2007 honor 15 researchers
By Carla Pieroni, Marketing Manager, Elsevier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(Left to right) Dr. Helena Nader, Unifesp researcher
and one of the award winners; Elsevier Latin America
Sales Director Dante Cid; Elsevier A&G International
Markets Director Eduard Cohen; Brazilian Ministry of
Education Executive Secretary José Henrique Paim;
and CAPES President Professor Jorge Guimarăes

On August 6, in Brasilia, Brazil, researchers from throughout the country received the Scopus Award — recognizing since 2006 outstanding researchers in specific countries in Latin America. Recipients of the award are chosen based on the numbers of their articles and citations indexed by Scopus and the numbers of students under their advisement. The selection criteria identify researchers whose work is exceptionally significant in their fields.

This year, 15 Brazilian researchers received the award in a ceremony attended by 200 people and co-sponsored by Elsevier and the consortium CAPES, which is part of the Brazilian Ministry of Education. In May 2007, CAPES licensed Scopus, making it available to 44 leading universities and research institutes in Brazil.

During the event, Elsevier’s Latin America Sales Director Dante Cid commented, “We can see that Brazilian government efforts to increase the availability of high-level content for local scientists have been effective. We are very proud to be part of this story.”

Brazil 2007 Scopus award winners

Aluizio Rosa Prata (Medicine)
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

Constantino Tsallis (Physics)
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas

Helena Bonciani Nader (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Universidade Federal de Săo Paulo

Jairton Dupont (Chemistry)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Joăo Batista Calixto (Pharmacology)
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

José Claudio Geromel (Electrical Engineering)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Jose Murilo de Carvalho (Political Science and History)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Maria Aparecida Juliano (Biophysics)
Universidade Federal de Săo Paulo

Mauro Martins Teixeira (Pharmacology)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Mayana Zatz (Biological and Biomedical Sciences)
Universidade de Săo Paulo

Patricia Torres Bozza (Immunopharmacology)
Fundaçăo Oswaldo Cruz

Ricardo Brentani (Medicine)
Fundaçăo Antônio Prudente and Universidade de Săo Paulo

Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli (Biochemistry and Immunology)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Fundaçăo Oswaldo Cruz

Rubens Belfort Mattos, Jr. (Medicine)
Universidade Federal de Săo Paulo

Sebastiăo de Campos Valadares Filho (Zootechnics)
Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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