Knowledge produced in nanoscience and the resulting internationalization: analysis of the network theory

Abstract

Internationalization is already widespread and intertwined with the business market process. Within this context, the generation of knowledge and the creation of collaborative networks becomes a factor of competitiveness for institutions of higher education in the academic and research perspective. The scenario that knowledge becomes accessible worldwide is through publication in periodicals and is one process to evaluate the internationalization including tools that allow the verification. The validation of these networks, resulting from the citation of this knowledge, can potentiate future actions to bring researchers closer to their network. The present study focuses on the interdisciplinary stricto sensu postgraduate Program in Nanoscience of the “Centro Universitário Franciscano”, seeking to build the internationalization network of knowledge through the systematic analysis of publications that cite the works published by the Program. It was possible to evaluate that the issues stemming from citation of the knowledge of the Program in delimited axes, which allows the search to catalyze efforts in the expansion of internationalization. In addition, approach the network formed in a passive way by the observation of the publications, and to turn them into active collaboration networks, increasing the potential of international insertion.