Pointing out geographic and gender disparities related to productivity indicators among Brazilian ecotoxicologists

IF 3 4区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI:10.1002/ieam.4905

Livia da Silva Freitas, Rodrigo de Lima Brum, Niely G. da Rosa Moraes, Juliana L. dal Pizzol, Lilian L. Amado, Jeamylle Nilin, Raquel F. Salla, Thiago L. Rocha, Letícia S. Camargo, Mariana V. Coronas, Tatiana da Silva Pereira, Flavio M. R. da Silva Júnior

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Policies and actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion have been discussed recently in Brazil, but there is still limited information available for most academic and knowledge fields, including ecotoxicology. This study aimed to describe the profile of Brazilian ecotoxicologists and assess gender and geographical disparities, especially regarding productivity indicators. An ecological study was conducted using data of the researchers registered in the open-access database of the Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology, along with their respective curriculum data available on the Lattes Platform, which is the main registry portal for Brazilian researchers. The target population of our study was ecotoxicology researchers in academic educational institutions with a focus on human resource training. The data, collected in 2021, led to the inclusion of a total of 177 researchers in this study, with 62 men and 115 women, and 42.37% working in the southeastern region. Female researchers generally showed lower rates of scientific productivity when the analyzed metrics included research productivity scholarships, the number of articles published in scientific journals, and the number of articles published with international collaborations, compared to male researchers. Researchers from the southeastern and southern regions also had higher rates of productivity and human resource training compared to those from other regions of the country. The proportion of funding grants received was significantly higher among men, and this profile was also observed among researchers from the southern and southeastern regions, although with a smaller disparity. This means that there is an uneven distribution of funding grants from funding organizations, which favors men and urban centers. Our findings highlight gender and geographic disparities in the scientific production of ecotoxicologists working in Brazil and reinforce the existence of complex obstacles that need to be addressed and combated within scientific societies. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1209–1216. © 2024 SETAC

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指出巴西生态毒理学家在生产力指标方面的地域和性别差异。

巴西最近讨论了与多样性、公平性和包容性相关的政策和行动，但包括生态毒理学在内的大多数学术和知识领域的可用信息仍然有限。本研究旨在描述巴西生态毒理学家的概况，评估性别和地域差异，特别是在生产力指标方面。我们利用巴西生态毒理学会开放存取数据库中登记的研究人员数据，以及他们在巴西研究人员主要登记门户网站 Lattes Platform 上提供的各自课程数据，开展了一项生态学研究。我们的研究对象是学术教育机构中的生态毒理学研究人员，重点是人力资源培训。根据 2021 年收集的数据，共有 177 名研究人员参与了这项研究，其中男性 62 人，女性 115 人，42.37% 在东南部地区工作。与男性研究人员相比，女性研究人员的科研生产率普遍较低，分析指标包括科研生产率奖学金、在科学期刊上发表的文章数量以及与国际合作发表的文章数量。与全国其他地区的研究人员相比，东南部和南部地区的研究人员在生产率和人力资源培训方面的比例也更高。男性获得资助的比例明显较高，这种情况在南部和东南部地区的研究人员中也有所体现，但差距较小。这说明资助机构的资助分布不均衡，更倾向于男性和城市中心。我们的研究结果凸显了在巴西工作的生态毒理学家在科研成果方面存在的性别和地域差异，并进一步说明科学界存在着需要解决和消除的复杂障碍。Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;00:1-8。© 2024 SETAC.

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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESTOXICOLOGY&nbs-TOXICOLOGY

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5.90

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6.50%

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156

期刊介绍： Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) publishes the science underpinning environmental decision making and problem solving. Papers submitted to IEAM must link science and technical innovations to vexing regional or global environmental issues in one or more of the following core areas: Science-informed regulation, policy, and decision making Health and ecological risk and impact assessment Restoration and management of damaged ecosystems Sustaining ecosystems Managing large-scale environmental change Papers published in these broad fields of study are connected by an array of interdisciplinary engineering, management, and scientific themes, which collectively reflect the interconnectedness of the scientific, social, and environmental challenges facing our modern global society: Methods for environmental quality assessment; forecasting across a number of ecosystem uses and challenges (systems-based, cost-benefit, ecosystem services, etc.); measuring or predicting ecosystem change and adaptation Approaches that connect policy and management tools; harmonize national and international environmental regulation; merge human well-being with ecological management; develop and sustain the function of ecosystems; conceptualize, model and apply concepts of spatial and regional sustainability Assessment and management frameworks that incorporate conservation, life cycle, restoration, and sustainability; considerations for climate-induced adaptation, change and consequences, and vulnerability Environmental management applications using risk-based approaches; considerations for protecting and fostering biodiversity, as well as enhancement or protection of ecosystem services and resiliency.