Editorial and Strategic Consulting Service for scientific journals

Aimed at scientific journals from universities and societies or associations that wish both to improve their editorial processes and to gain support in their strategic challenges.

Scientific journals, whether they are linked to research institutions or belong to societies or associations, often face challenges that are beyond the reach of the editor, the technical team and the editorial committee. The demands of governmental funding agencies, the requirements of indexing bibliographic bases, besides the economic challenges, make the journey sometimes arduous for the journal's team.

Among these challenges, we highlight those related to good practices in scientific publishing, indexing, its requirements and process, optimization of editorial processes and the retention and attraction of a network of committed reviewers, besides economic challenges. Read more...

International Project Management

Aimed at research groups, institutions and societies involved in research, development and/or innovation projects with entities in other countries.

Good management of projects involving the participation of researchers and institutions from two or more countries begins with effective and timely communication between all the actors. The challenge is even greater when dealing with institutions with very different organizational cultures and governance models. We act as facilitators in all stages of the project, managing the communication and relationship among the participants and ensuring the achievement of the project's goals, objectives, and expected impacts. Read more...

Consulting for Science Evaluation Design

Aimed at organizations that need to assess / evaluate scholarly output, impact, and other dimensions of science.

There is growing pressure from various stakeholders in the scientific community for the adoption of responsible metrics for evaluations of science. The term refers to the ethical and appropriate use of citation-based metrics and so-called alternative metrics, such as, for example, mentions in blogs and social networks. It is necessary to redefine the concept of "impact" in scientific research, which should represent the originality and social relevance of the knowledge produced. However, the organizations responsible for evaluations face great challenges to design meaningful evaluations, which will give valid answers to their questions, without causing undesired systemic effects, such as, for example, impacts on academic autonomy, creativity, innovation and changes in scientific communication patterns and research agendas. Read more...

Consulting for Research Performance Management

Aimed at science producing institutions that need to meet diverse requirements of productivity, impact, and internationalisation.

Academic institutions are under constant pressure for better performance regarding their research output, especially in relation to traditional indicators of impact and international visibility. However, many of these requirements may conflict with the teaching and research profile of the institution and with its academic autonomy. Our consultancy supports institutional managers in contextualizing this problem and in building a publication strategy that allows them to achieve their goals and strengthen their research agenda. Read more...