STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, in partnership with the Federal Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (Capes / MEC), has announced the winners of the second edition of SciVal Award Brazil 2012, honouring higher education and research institutions for their contribution to the scientific development of the country.
According to Scopus data, Brazil holds the 13th position globally in research output per country. The award honours Brazilian education and research institutions that stand out for their excellence in research performance. The ten winners were selected according to research performance indicators drawn from Elsevier's tool SciVal Spotlight, such as collaboration with Brazilian and foreign institutions and citations per document.
The SciVal Award also takes place in other countries, as a way of honouring representatives of several scientific communities.
