Brazilian Leadership in ​Open​ ​Research
Ana​ ​Heredia,​​ ​PhD​ ​and​ ​​ ​​Laurel​ ​Haak​,​ ​PPh.D.ORCID

Over​ ​the​ ​last​ ​years,​ ​Brazilian​ ​research​ ​has​ ​become​ ​more​ ​and​ ​more​ ​visible​ ​internationally.​ ​The number​ ​of​ ​articles​ ​published​ ​has​ ​increased​ ​substantially,​ ​with​ ​an​ ​average​ ​growth​ ​of​ ​10.7​ ​%​ ​per​ ​year,  a​ ​rate​ ​five​ ​times​ ​higher​ ​than​ ​the​ ​world​ ​average,​ ​moving​ ​the​ ​country​ ​into​ ​the​ ​top​ ​15​ ​in​ ​terms​ ​oof research ​productivity .​ ​Much​ ​of​ ​this​ ​growth​ ​can​ ​be​ ​traced​ ​to​ ​progressive​ ​government​ ​policies​ ​and  1 programs​ ​that​ ​supported​ ​both​ ​research​ ​projects​ ​and​ ​the​ ​information​ ​infrastructure​ ​needed​ ​to  support​ ​collaboration​ ​and​ ​dissemination​ ​of​ ​results.