BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN JOURNAL ‘CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO’ DURING THE PERIOD OF 2000-2004

Abstract

It accomplishes a bibliometric analysis of the journal ‘Ciência da Informação’, one of the issues with highest visibility in the Librarianship and Information Science field in Brazil. This study is accomplished aiming to establish the quantification of a serie of indicators which allows it to configurates an overview of the scientific production registered during the period of 2000-2004. Among the analyzed elements they are stand out: authorship, citation of authors and sources, production and average life of the references.

Keywords

• Bibliometric Analysis
• Journal ‘Ciência da Informação’ – Brazil
• Cocitation
• Science Maps
• Infometrics Studies.