BRICS publication in Library and Information Science: language and access

Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues; Laura Lavinia Santos; Suenia Oliveira Mendes; Enrique Muriel-Torrado

doi:10.1590/1808-5245.32.151294

Autores/as

Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9639-6390
Laura Lavinia Santos Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5255-0800
Suenia Oliveira Mendes Universidade Federal do Maranhão
Enrique Muriel-Torrado Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0969-9500

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1808-5245.32.151294

Palabras clave:

scientific journals, Library and Information Science, open access, language, BRICS

Resumen

This study examines the publishing behavior of authors from the original BRICS countries in the field of Library and Information Science. Bibliometric data and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the language, journal distribution, and access types of articles published in Web of Science -indexed journals from 2020 to 2022. The researchers published 7,064 articles in 425 journals. China published 3,335 (47%) of the total; India published 1,500 (21%); Brazil published 1,192 (17%); Russia published 559 (8%); and South Africa published 478 (7%) articles. The journals with the most articles are Information Process Management and Scientometrics. Results show three distinct models of participation in global publishing: China published all articles in English in foreign journals; India and South Africa published all articles in English in foreign and national journals; and Brazil and Russia published articles in English and local languages and distributed in foreign and national titles, mainly open access with no publication fees. More than 70% of the articles are published in subscription journals.

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Biografía del autor/a

Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Graduação em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Mestrado e e Doutorado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Professora titular da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação e principalmente nos seguintes temas: Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação na Educação Superior, Comunicação Científica Digital. Editora da revista Encontros Bibli e membro do conselho editorial do Portal de Periódicos da UFSC

Laura Lavinia Santos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Mestre em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

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