A Revista Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação e seu panorama científico no período 2010 a 2014

Abstract

This study intends to analyze the Perspectives on Information Science production, in the period between 2010-2014, with the criterion indicated by the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) as a political and visibility of Brazilian journals. This investigation is characterized as documentary. For the analysis, it sought to observe, for the period of the journal, the categories: articles, references, authors of articles, publishing and financing. From the analysis undertaken, the results indicated a predominance of original articles written in Portuguese and referenced sources is balanced by books and texts in Portuguese. In conclusion, there is a predominance of articles published in Portuguese, which could be reconsidered by the journal if the option is for the internationalization; thus, in this case, there is the need to publish articles primarily in English, increasing the number of reviewers and members of the editorial board linked to foreign institutions.