Data supporting research on the development of Paleontology in Brazil

The documents made available present the data set that was processed in Lucas George Wendt's dissertation, presented in 2024 in the Postgraduate Program in Information Science (PPGCIN) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The study is entitled: Brazilian Paleontology: a scientometric analysis based on the Lattes Curriculum. The abstract is as follows. This research sought to carry out a scientometric analysis of Paleontology in Brazil based on data collected in the Lattes Curriculum. The general objective of this dissertation is to analyze the scientific field of Paleontology diachronically and through a scientometric study - which will be explained based on the personal information of the researchers collected in their profiles and the scientific literature produced and registered in the Lattes Curriculum of the Lattes Platform. The literature review presented the concepts of Information Science, the area that, in this study, seeks to understand Paleontology through its research instruments; Scientific Communication, the main subject analyzed in this study; Metric Information Studies, the theoretical-methodological framework used in this research; Scientometrics, the theoretical scope used to understand in greater depth the constitution of the field of national Paleontology. Finally, references were also presented that help in the understanding of Paleontology in its national, South American, North American and European contexts. The research used a mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative elements. The data were generated from the CVs of researchers registered on the Lattes Platform, collected using the Brapci Bibliometric Tools tool and analyzed in specific software for metric analysis. To achieve the research objectives, data from 1,465 researcher profiles were analyzed. Regarding the full articles published in journals, 43,333 articles were considered valid. Regarding the keywords of the articles, 91,922 keywords were analyzed for word clouds and 84,771 for relationship networks. Of the academic orientations, 1,182 profiles generated 51,400 valid orientations. The aspect of the current employment relationship had 1,256 profiles considered. Regarding academic backgrounds, 1,465 profiles generated 4,556 academic backgrounds analyzed. The main contribution of this study is the realization of an unprecedented mapping of the panorama of Paleontology in Brazil, since there are no other studies that establish the same relationships that this research sought to establish. Regarding the results, based on the data collected and analyzed, the general metric indicators linked to the scientific production associated with Brazilian Paleontology were presented based on the information collected in the Lattes Curriculum; the directions of research in Paleontology that currently constitute this field in Brazil were mapped, as well as their thematic associations with other fields of knowledge; the training of PhD researchers who work with Paleontology or who have their production associated with Paleontology in terms of their academic training was characterized; and where the scientific knowledge in Paleontology or associated with Paleontology is produced was identified. The results of this study are relevant to understanding Brazilian Paleontology, highlighting its national orientation in fossil studies, doctoral training in local institutions and predominant activity in national organizations. These elements are important to consolidate Brazilian paleontological science globally. Regarding interdisciplinary relations, a clear proximity between Paleontology and Geosciences is observed, influenced by the history and current dynamics of the field. The study is available in full at this link: https://lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/278682.

本次公开的文档包含Lucas George Wendt于2024年在南里奥格兰德联邦大学（Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS）信息科学研究生项目（Postgraduate Program in Information Science, PPGCIN）提交的学位论文所使用的数据集。本研究的标题为：《巴西古生物学：基于拉德斯简历（Lattes Curriculum）的文献计量分析》。摘要如下。本研究旨在基于拉德斯简历平台（Lattes Platform）收录的学者个人简历数据，对巴西古生物学领域开展文献计量分析。本学位论文的总体目标为：通过文献计量研究，结合从研究者个人简历中采集的个人信息，以及拉德斯简历平台中登记的已发表科学文献，对古生物学学科领域进行历时性分析。本次文献综述梳理了信息科学的相关概念——本研究将借助该学科的研究工具理解古生物学领域；阐述了科学传播（Scientific Communication）作为本研究核心分析对象的相关内容；介绍了本研究采用的理论方法论框架——计量信息研究（Metric Information Studies）；以及用于深入理解本国古生物学学科领域构成的理论范畴——文献计量学（Scientometrics）。此外，本综述还收录了有助于理解巴西、南美、北美及欧洲语境下古生物学发展的相关参考文献。本研究采用定性与定量相结合的混合研究方法。数据来源于拉德斯简历平台注册学者的个人简历，通过布拉皮西文献计量工具（Brapci Bibliometric Tools）采集，并使用专门的计量分析软件进行处理。为达成研究目标，本研究共分析了1465份研究者简历数据。在期刊发表的完整论文方面，共纳入43333篇有效论文。针对论文关键词，共提取91922个关键词用于词云分析，84771个关键词用于关系网络构建。在学术指导方面，1182份简历共生成51400条有效学术指导记录。针对当前雇佣关系维度，共纳入1256份简历开展分析。在学术背景维度，1465份简历共生成4556条可分析的学术背景记录。本研究的核心贡献在于首次完成巴西古生物学领域全景的系统性测绘——目前尚无其他研究能够构建出本研究旨在建立的各类关联关系。基于采集与分析得到的数据，本研究的结果包括：基于拉德斯简历收录的信息，呈现了与巴西古生物学相关科研产出的通用计量指标；绘制了当前构成巴西古生物学领域的研究方向图谱，并梳理了其与其他知识领域的主题关联；针对从事古生物学研究或科研产出与古生物学相关的博士研究者，从学术培养维度对其培养情况进行了特征刻画；明确了古生物学及相关领域科研知识的产出地点。本研究结果有助于理解巴西古生物学领域的发展现状，凸显了其在化石研究领域的本土定位、本土机构的博士培养情况，以及本国科研组织中的主导活动特征。上述要素对于推动巴西古生物科学在全球范围内的发展具有重要意义。在跨学科关联方面，本研究观察到古生物学与地球科学存在显著的学科邻近性，这一特征受到该领域的历史沿革与当前发展动态的影响。本研究的完整版本可通过以下链接获取：https://lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/278682。