Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil

Research on geodiversity has been increasing in recent years, both internationally and in Brazil. This theme refers to the abiotic elements of the planet and has been the subject of studies since the 1990s, having developed nationally in the early 2000s. This work analyzed the academic research on...

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Main Authors: José Francisco de Araújo Silva, Marcos Antônio Leite do Nascimento, Eduardo Adriani Rapanos
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa 2022-05-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/tp/article/view/19829/209209216641
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Marcos Antônio Leite do Nascimento
Eduardo Adriani Rapanos
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description Research on geodiversity has been increasing in recent years, both internationally and in Brazil. This theme refers to the abiotic elements of the planet and has been the subject of studies since the 1990s, having developed nationally in the early 2000s. This work analyzed the academic research on geodiversity and related themes carried out in Brazil from 2000 to 2021, through a systematic search and bibliometric research in libraries, institutional repositories, and digital collections of the 69 Brazilian Federal Universities (HEI) and in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD). We searched the terms ‘geodiversity’, ‘geoconservation’, ‘geoconservationist/s’, ‘geotourism’, ‘geopark/s’, ‘geopatrimony’, ‘geosite/s’, and ‘geological heritage’. It was found 209 papers in 36 universities distributed in all regions of the country, with emphasis on the Northeast region, with 73 research in 9 institutions, followed by the Southeast region (65 papers in 12 HEIs), South (51 papers in 6 HEIs), Center-West (13 research in 6 HEIs) and North (7 publications in 4 HEIs). Regarding the number of papers, the Federal Universities of Minas Gerais (25), Pernambuco (20), Ceará (18) and Rio Grande do Sul (16) stand out, with the predominant being Dissertations (106), followed by Theses (57) and Final Papers (46). Written since 2003, there was a significant increase as of 2012, with 2016 standing out, and a decrease in 2020. Regarding the frequency of use of the keywords selected in the research, ‘geodiversity’ and ‘geoconservation’ prevailed. We highlight the master’s and doctoral courses in Geography, and undergraduate courses in Geology
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spelling doaj.art-1ba3041ea5dd4fa690b6fa1961d2813d2022-12-22T02:15:15ZengUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaTerr@ Plural1982-095X2022-05-0116e2219829https://doi.org/10.5212/TerraPlural.v.16.2219829.017Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of BrazilJosé Francisco de Araújo Silva 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-1998Marcos Antônio Leite do Nascimento 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8158-7186Eduardo Adriani Rapanos 2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8658-3088Universidade Federal do Piauí, UFPI, Teresina, PI, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Natal, RN, BrasilUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, BrasilResearch on geodiversity has been increasing in recent years, both internationally and in Brazil. This theme refers to the abiotic elements of the planet and has been the subject of studies since the 1990s, having developed nationally in the early 2000s. This work analyzed the academic research on geodiversity and related themes carried out in Brazil from 2000 to 2021, through a systematic search and bibliometric research in libraries, institutional repositories, and digital collections of the 69 Brazilian Federal Universities (HEI) and in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD). We searched the terms ‘geodiversity’, ‘geoconservation’, ‘geoconservationist/s’, ‘geotourism’, ‘geopark/s’, ‘geopatrimony’, ‘geosite/s’, and ‘geological heritage’. It was found 209 papers in 36 universities distributed in all regions of the country, with emphasis on the Northeast region, with 73 research in 9 institutions, followed by the Southeast region (65 papers in 12 HEIs), South (51 papers in 6 HEIs), Center-West (13 research in 6 HEIs) and North (7 publications in 4 HEIs). Regarding the number of papers, the Federal Universities of Minas Gerais (25), Pernambuco (20), Ceará (18) and Rio Grande do Sul (16) stand out, with the predominant being Dissertations (106), followed by Theses (57) and Final Papers (46). Written since 2003, there was a significant increase as of 2012, with 2016 standing out, and a decrease in 2020. Regarding the frequency of use of the keywords selected in the research, ‘geodiversity’ and ‘geoconservation’ prevailed. We highlight the master’s and doctoral courses in Geography, and undergraduate courses in Geologyhttps://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/tp/article/view/19829/209209216641geodiversitygeoconservationgeotourismgeological heritage
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Eduardo Adriani Rapanos
Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil
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geodiversity
geoconservation
geotourism
geological heritage
title Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil
title_full Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil
title_fullStr Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil
title_short Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on Geodiversity and related themes in the Federal Universities of Brazil
title_sort bibliometric analysis of the academic production on geodiversity and related themes in the federal universities of brazil
topic geodiversity
geoconservation
geotourism
geological heritage
url https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/tp/article/view/19829/209209216641
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