Indicadores cientométricos de produção e colaboração científica na temática agradecimentos (1980-2019)

Gonzalo Rubén Alvarez

doi:10.5433/1981-8920.2021v26n4p245

Authors

Gonzalo Rubén Alvarez Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0677-5865

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1981-8920.2021v26n4p245

Keywords:

Acknowledgments, Scientific output, Scientific collaboration, Indicators scientometrics, Scientometric

Abstract

Objective: It investigates characteristics of worldwide literature about the acknowledgments thematic from the 1980-2019 period, indexed on the Web of Science (WoS) database through scientometric indicators of scientific output and collaboration.
Methodology: It characterized as an exploratory and descriptive study which employs quantitative techniques (scientometric) to analyze all the papers covered by the Information Science & Library Science subject category, using Bibexcel and Pajek softwares.
Results: The distribution of the 105 papers about acknowledgments reveals a steady growth tendency during this period. The significant increase since 2009 may have been a result of the work on automatic harvest and processing of acknowledgment data started by the WoS in 2008. Foreign journals written in English lead the productivity and impact ranking, emphasizing the internationalization and quality of the scientific output. The indicators point to two generations of researchers on the acknowledgments thematic, the first standing out in analysis of usage, frequency and prevalence of acknowledgment support type; and the second in funding information analysis. Although the co-authorship identified in the papers might not represent a high level of network connections, they portray factual collaborative links of an intra-institutional nature.
Conclusions: It concluded that the findings achieved so far symbolize the effort of these researchers in a thematic field that is not new, but that is changing due to the arise of new opportunities to obtain acknowledgments data.

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Author Biography

Gonzalo Rubén Alvarez, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

PhD in Communication and Information from Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

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