The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty
Portugal has developed an active Antarctic programme over the past decade. Here, we examine Portuguese Antarctic activity using a variety of bibliometric measures, showing that Portuguese scientific output has grown substantially faster than the field as a whole, with quality remaining broadly const...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:517872 2023-05-15T13:49:34+02:00 The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty Xavier, Jose C. Gray, Andrew D. Hughes, Kevin A. 2018-01 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517872/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517872/1/Xavier_Rise_Portuguese_Antarctic_research.pdf https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/rise-of-portuguese-antarctic-research-implications-for-portugals-status-under-the-antarctic-treaty/4BB4DF14F908CF47B53A2196F34F6C26 en eng Cambridge University Press https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517872/1/Xavier_Rise_Portuguese_Antarctic_research.pdf Xavier, Jose C. orcid:0000-0002-9621-6660 Gray, Andrew D. orcid:0000-0002-2910-3033 Hughes, Kevin A. orcid:0000-0003-2701-726X . 2018 The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty. Polar Record, 54 (1). 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247417000626 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247417000626> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247417000626 2023-02-04T19:45:24Z Portugal has developed an active Antarctic programme over the past decade. Here, we examine Portuguese Antarctic activity using a variety of bibliometric measures, showing that Portuguese scientific output has grown substantially faster than the field as a whole, with quality remaining broadly constant. Antarctic science made up a growing percentage of overall Portuguese research, up to 0.14% of all papers in 2016—a level comparable to many other nations with well-established research programmes. Alongside this, Portugal has increasingly engaged in policy discussions and produced policy papers for Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, some of which were based on Portuguese environmental science. The Antarctic Treaty reserves decision-making powers to ‘Consultative Parties’—those who have been recognised as demonstrating substantial research activity in the continent. Our data indicates that Portugal is currently the fourth most productive non-Consultative Party, and has similar or greater output than several Parties who have already attained consultative status—its publication record is similar to that of the Czech Republic, which became a Consultative Party in 2014. The rapid growth of Portugal's Antarctic research may make it well placed to consider attaining consultative status to the Antarctic Treaty in the near future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Polar Record Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Polar Record 54 1 11 17 |
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Portugal has developed an active Antarctic programme over the past decade. Here, we examine Portuguese Antarctic activity using a variety of bibliometric measures, showing that Portuguese scientific output has grown substantially faster than the field as a whole, with quality remaining broadly constant. Antarctic science made up a growing percentage of overall Portuguese research, up to 0.14% of all papers in 2016—a level comparable to many other nations with well-established research programmes. Alongside this, Portugal has increasingly engaged in policy discussions and produced policy papers for Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, some of which were based on Portuguese environmental science. The Antarctic Treaty reserves decision-making powers to ‘Consultative Parties’—those who have been recognised as demonstrating substantial research activity in the continent. Our data indicates that Portugal is currently the fourth most productive non-Consultative Party, and has similar or greater output than several Parties who have already attained consultative status—its publication record is similar to that of the Czech Republic, which became a Consultative Party in 2014. The rapid growth of Portugal's Antarctic research may make it well placed to consider attaining consultative status to the Antarctic Treaty in the near future. |
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The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty |
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The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty |
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The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty |
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The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517872/1/Xavier_Rise_Portuguese_Antarctic_research.pdf Xavier, Jose C. orcid:0000-0002-9621-6660 Gray, Andrew D. orcid:0000-0002-2910-3033 Hughes, Kevin A. orcid:0000-0003-2701-726X . 2018 The rise of Portuguese Antarctic research: implications for Portugal's status under the Antarctic Treaty. Polar Record, 54 (1). 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247417000626 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247417000626> |
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