Wandering decarbonization: the BRIC countries as conservative climate powers

Countries emerging as major scientific powers

The last issue emphasized the changes taking place in the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (RBHH) and discussed the reasons that the Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (ABHH) and her two sister societies decided to internationalize the journal.(1-3) It was pointed out that one of the primary reasons for this was the new Qualis classification by the Brazilian furth...

Publishing Patterns in BRIC Countries: A Network Analysis

How similar are the publishing patterns of among Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries) in comparison with other countries? This is a question that we addressed by using networks as a tool to analyze the structure of similarities and disparities between countries. We analyzed the number of publications from 2006 to 2015 that are reported by SCImago Journal and Country Rank. With this ...

Research Excellence Milestones of BRIC and N-11 Countries

Introduction While scientific performance is an important aspect of a stable and healthy economy, measures for it have yet to gain their place in economic country profiles. As useful indicators for this performance dimension, this paper introduces the concept of milestones for research excellence, as points of transition to higher-level contributions at the leading edge of science. The proposed...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in BRIC countries: the cases of Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the prototype of interstitial lung diseases, has the worst prognosis and is the only interstitial lung disease for which approved pharmacological treatments are available. Despite being considered a rare disease, IPF patients pose major challenges to both physicians and healthcare systems. It is estimated that a large number of IPF patients reside in BRIC co...

The relationship between Energy-related emissions and economic growth: evidences from BRIC countries