Morcegos (Mammalia, chiroptera) na região centro-oeste do Brasil: um estudo cienciométrico

Abstract

This study provides state-of-art information on bats research in the Midwest region of Brazil. Its main objective is to show the profile of the scientific works with samples of this region, ranking the number and period of the publications, the name of the journals with their Qualis Correspondents and Impact Factor and the topics covered, such as bat families, eating habits, biomes , sampling locations in that region. The articles were obtained through the Scielo, Lilacs, Base and Periódicos Capes databases. This research and information analysis was carried out from May to August 2017 and 85 scientific works were found, the first one in 1999, which shows that this line of research is recent in the region, presenting less than two decades of publications and 82.3% of the works were published as of 2008. The articles were published mainly in national journals (56.5%), with B2 classification and Impact Factor between 0.01 and 0.49. From the results, it can be seen that Mato Grosso do Sul is the state with the highest number of publications in the region and Goiás is the state with the lowest number of publications. Among the biomes surveyed, the Atlantic Forest is the least known biome in the region. The topics that presented the least results and that, consequently, are the ones that most need of researches in the area are about genetics, sexual dimorphism and animalívora diet of piscivorous bats and carnivores. The results obtained are important to provide information on the current state of the research on bats in the Brazilian Midwest and to provide information to researchers about the knowledge gaps in this region.