INFORMATION SCIENCE IN FOCUS

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF "REVISTA ANALISANDO EM CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO"

Abstract

The scientific journals were created as a space of dissemination and of interlocution of knowledge. It is through them that scientific dissemination, an activity that is compulsory in the context of the production of educational institutions, mainly related to the higher level, is promoted. The articles produced are usually linked to the development of research, extension, internships and academic orientations from report, completion work, specialization, dissertation and thesis. This chain of documents and dissemination formats circulates among researchers and promotes the development of science. In this direction, the "Revista Analisando em Ciência da Informação" (RACIn) was published, publishing scientific articles for five years. The questioning and the objective of this study involves analyzing the production of the first five years (2013-2017) of this journal on Information Science. From the methodological point of view, this research is descriptive, of quantitative-qualitative approach and the interpretation based on analytic-deductive logic. Data were collected from the ten RACIn publications available on the internet. Bibliography was used in scientific production and bibliometrics. It should be noted that this was also the basis for this investigation, based on the laws of Lotka, Zipf and Bradford. From the results, it was identified that RACIn promotes interlocution with nineteen areas of knowledge, demonstrating its interdisciplinary character, demonstrating, in particular, the close bond with Administration, Archivology, Librarianship, Education and Informatics. And, it was also verified the significant percentage of the participation of doctors in the publications in Information Science. Specifically, this study helped in the process of reflection about the degree of structuring and the volume of information published in RACIN and its tenuous connections and contributions with the various areas of knowledge, allowing for open dialogue and epistemological possibilities.