**5. Conclusions**

In this analysis, it can be observed that the impact of publications and, consequently, the greater visibility of science are directly influenced by the index of international collaboration between peers in the same area or related areas. This was evidenced in relation to the most productive countries and in the comparison of Brazil with Latin American countries and with the component countries of the BRICS group.

In the context of scientific production, international collaborations bring mutual benefits to partner countries, and in a broader and wider sense, they promote the social and economic prosperity of the groups involved. However, it should be noted that there should be an expected balance in these partnerships. As analyzed recently [14], the unbalanced and asymmetric scientific cooperation that occurs between many countries with very low scientific production but with

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a high impact due to the participation in the publications of articles coming from international cooperation with developed countries masks the importance of the contribution of S&T to help these country's development. This situation, above all, eludes the prospects of obtaining technological, economic, and social advances from the nations dependent on such cooperation, to face their own challenges such as in food production, the provision of drinking water, food and health security, energy supply, public safety, and environmental protection, all of which are typical global problems requiring a scientific approach to their solutions and generation of

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sustainable development perspectives.

Cristina Haeffner1,2, Sonia Regina Zanotto3

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1 Post-graduate program in Science Education: Chemistry of Life and Health (PPGQVS) – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

2 Faculty of Health Sciences Moinhos de Vento – Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto

3 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE/RS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

4 Department of Biochemistry, Paulista Medical School, Federal University of São

5 Hospital of Clinics of Porto Alegre; Biotechnology Center – Federal University of

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Jorge Almeida Guimarães<sup>5</sup>

*Contrasting High Scientific Production with Low International Collaboration and Scientific… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85825*

a high impact due to the participation in the publications of articles coming from international cooperation with developed countries masks the importance of the contribution of S&T to help these country's development. This situation, above all, eludes the prospects of obtaining technological, economic, and social advances from the nations dependent on such cooperation, to face their own challenges such as in food production, the provision of drinking water, food and health security, energy supply, public safety, and environmental protection, all of which are typical global problems requiring a scientific approach to their solutions and generation of sustainable development perspectives.
