Contributions of research groups from CNPq to the research in historical-cultural theory

Abstract

This article presents a quantitative overview of research in cultural-historical theory in Brazil from the 96 Research Groups in the areas of education and psychology registered in the CNPq directory surveyed by Asbahr and Oliveira (2021). Bibliometric and scientometric indicators of production and training of human resources of 1,963 researchers were applied. Data collection took place in the Lattes Curriculum, using the ScriptLattes software for extraction. The researchers of the Research Groups presented a multidisciplinary formation, with degrees in several areas of knowledge. In addition, the results allowed us to affirm that there is no significant difference in the number of articles published between the research groups in the area of Education and in the area of Psychology. This article contributes to the understanding of the state of the art in the area of cultural-historical theory research area based on diversified indicators on the perfil and scientific production of researchers who are members of CNPq Research Groups.