The aim of this work is to identify the existing relations in network among researchers that have participated in the ENANPAD of 1999. The specific purpose is to identify network parameters used as instruments of research productivity, and to evaluate these parameters for the formation of informal researchers groups. This paper may be classified as an exploratory research. The instrument was a questionnaire sent by e-mail in order to get the perception of the researchers in January and February 1999. A total of 74 answers obtained represented 27% of the foreseen population. The data point out the following consideration, among others: there is little participation in research network, despite the common and systematic use of internet as a working instrument; the main restrictions were identified as cultural and behavioral. The network relations perform important results in research productivity. The networks are small and the relations are mainly professional and social, and the participation has been identified as an important instrument of learning about research behavior, method and content.
research network; researcher; Internet
