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1. Article2026Open Access

   Following the evidence: Mapping the cited scientific base of Brazil’s public health guidelines(opens in a new tab)

   

   Cabral, Bernardo Pereira; Tetzner, Gabriela Araujo; Salles Filho, Sérgio; Pereira, Cesar A. Guimarães; Hollanda, Sandra; Cristofoletti, Evandro Coggo; Pinto, Karen Esteves Fernandes; Juk, Yohanna Vieira; Araujo, Iago; Toledo, Carlos; Cordeiro, Vinícius; Silva, Gessica

   In Brazil, health policy formulation, particularly through Clinical Protocols and Therapeutic Guidelines (PCDTs), is significantly influenced by scientific evidence. The National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies into the Unified Health System (CONITEC) approves these PCDTs to standardize healthcare practices, thereby exemplifying the nexus of scientific research and policy. This study analyzes the scientific literature referenced in the PCDTs approved by CONITEC, exploring the flow of knowledge from global scientific research to Brazil’s health policy. Our approach involved a data pipeline for collecting, preprocessing, and analyzing information from scientific publications cited in all CONITEC’s PCDT reports published until 2023. The process encompasses web scraping, pattern recognition, and bibliometric analysis. The study identified references predominantly from the United States and the United Kingdom, with notable contributions from Brazilian sources. Cited research is almost entirely written in English and published in high-impact factor English-language journals. These findings document the global influence on Brazil’s health policies, with a substantial portion of the cited scientific evidence originating from international sources.

   DOI: 10.1162/qss.a.505Public healthCommissionScientific literature
2. Working Paper2026Open Access

   Global research funding flows according to available grant data in Dimensions(opens in a new tab)

   

   Dudek, Jonathan; Ni, Rong; van Honk, Jeroen; Ding, Gabrielle; Bovenzi, Nicandro; Durán-Silva, Nicolau; Ràfols, Ismael; Costas, Rodrigo

   While most research funding is national, international funding plays a relatively important role, particularly for some regions of the Global South. However, the extent of funding flows between world regions remains unclear. This study represents a first attempt to map global research funding flows based on a set of grant metadata from Dimensions, augmented with data from the Gates Foundation and the European Commission (CORDIS). We find major regional gaps in the data outside of the leading scientific regions. With the data currently available, we find that Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa are the biggest recipients of inter-regional funding, with North America as main funder, and that over the last 25 years, total annual research funding has grown to above USD 60 billion, while inter-regional funding flows have stagnated at around USD 1.6 billion per year. These insights are contingent on data availability, raising the urgency for improving funding metadata infrastructures.

   DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/7de3f_v2MetadataEuropean commissionCommissionGrant funding