Analysis of citations to the brazilian scientific journals in the areas of information

Authors

  • Jayme Leiro Vilan Filho Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
  • Raíza Veloso Arruda
  • Valmira Perucchi Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Keywords:

Citation analysis. Bibliometric. Scientific periodical article. Thesis. Brazil.

Abstract

This research analyzes the citations to scientific brazilian journals on Information areas (Archival, Library, Information Science, Documentation and Museology) published in 2009-2010. It aims to identify the most cited journals in papers and thesis by citation analysis. A bibliographic database (ABCDM) was used as source of data. A sample of 100 papers, that was selected randomly, and 70 thesis of Information Science were analyzed. The variables of the research were: the journal title, number of articles with journal citations, citation number and number of articles published. Charts were generated in MS-Excel. The most cited Brazilian journals in the fields of Information are currently Ciência da Informação, Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação and DataGramaZero.

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Author Biographies

Jayme Leiro Vilan Filho, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Professor Adjunto I da Faculdade de Ciência da Informação, Membro do PPGCI/UNB.

Raíza Veloso Arruda

Bacharel em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Valmira Perucchi, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Bibliotecária do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba (IFPB).

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Published

2013-01-10

How to Cite

VILAN FILHO, J. L.; ARRUDA, R. V.; PERUCCHI, V. Analysis of citations to the brazilian scientific journals in the areas of information. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 18, n. 3, p. 115–127, 2013. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/33254. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2012)

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