Lattes Platform

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The Lattes Platform is an information system (integrated data-base, web-based query interface, etc) mantained by the Brazilian Government to manage information on science, technology and innovation related to individual researchers and institutions working in Brazil.

It is named after a Brazilian physicist, Cesar Lattes, and it is maintained by the federal bureau responsible for funding the scientific and technological research efforts in the federal level, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. Since all individual researchers and institutions are required to regularly fill or update their information in this system, the Lattes Platform can be considered an important tool to access the Brazilian science performance.