CARACTERÍSTICAS BIBLIOMÉTRICAS E SOCIOMÉTRICAS DE PUBLICAÇÕES DA ÁREA AMBIENTAL EM CONGRESSOS E PERÍODICOS NACIONAIS

Abstract

The goal of this study is to examine sociometric and bibliometric characteristics in publications of the environmental area in the USP Congress of Controlling and Accounting, EnANPAD and in journals of Administration and Accounting in the period from 2000 to 2010. A descriptive research with quantitative approach was carried out through desk research. The results of the bibliometric survey highlighted that: i) the volume of publications on the topic in the EnANPAD increased significantly during the analyzed period; ii) the journals O & S, RAE, RAUSP and REAd present upward trend in the amount of publications on the subject; iii ) regarding the methodological procedures, the USP Congress and the EnANPAD prioritized case studies and survey and the journals the theoretical studies, but the qualitative approach prevailed in all of them; iv) among the categories of the environmental issues, the Environmental Management and the development in the publications on Environmental Disclosure prevailed. The results of the sociometric research show that the structural configuration of relationships of the authors prevails in the congresses and there are some authors who have ties of publications with authors from other journals. It is concluded that the bibliometric and sociometric characteristics of the publications of the environmental area signal that the subject remains in evidence and that the structural configuration of the relationships of the authors has gaps mainly in the journals studied.

Keywords

• features
• publications
• environmental area
• bibliometrics
• sociometry