SCIENTIFIC INDICATORS ON LITERATURE IN BIBLIOMETRY AND SCIENTOMETRY THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS

This work explores Social Networks map generation in the area of the Metric Studies, Bibliometry and Scientometry. This kind of map show (i) index of co-authors by area ISI, (ii) comparative of the documentary typology of registries source by citation, (iii) which authors have made the biggest scien...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Ainhize Rodríguez Barquín, Preiddy Efrain-García, Adilson Luiz Pinto, José Antonio Moreira González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) 2007-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Information Science
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Online Access:http://www2.marilia.unesp.br/revistas/index.php/bjis/article/download/33/52
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Summary:This work explores Social Networks map generation in the area of the Metric Studies, Bibliometry and Scientometry. This kind of map show (i) index of co-authors by area ISI, (ii) comparative of the documentary typology of registries source by citation, (iii) which authors have made the biggest scientific contribution, (iv) authors which have the biggest citation, (v) the documents more mentioned and (vi) the more relevant magazines related to the information consumption. The evaluation had been modeled by centrality and frequency, inquired amongst 635 registers rescued on the thematic. The main registers source has been the packages of the Institute for Scientific Information (Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities), and the studied period goes from 1975 to 2005. To realize the data treatment we used CiteSpace application, which has given the relation maps, a methodology of documentary control, developed by Efrain-García.
ISSN:1981-1640