Scientific and technological information: Analysis of periodic publications of information science

Abstract

The research analyzes the articles published in national scientific journals of the area of Information Science, classified with Qualis A1, having as parameter the term "scientific and technological information". It presents concepts about scientific and technological information and the processes that involve its uses, as well as scientific communication, information flows and sources of information. The methodology used is a descriptive study with a quantitative-qualitative approach, using bibliometrics techniques for index measurement and Bardin content analysis. Thirty - six papers were analyzed, while the qualitative ones were twenty - one abstracts. The results show that the most published journal about the term researched was "Information and Society", the year with the highest number of publications was 2016. Multiple authorship was a trend observed in the articles and the most used keywords were: free access, Scientific and technological information and digital preservation. As for the content of the abstracts, it was possible to identify them within three categories of analysis, namely: information science and processes involving the use of information; Production, communication and evaluation of scientific and technological activity; And scientific and technological development. It is concluded that there is a tendency of the literature analyzed to return to the study of the information itself, of methodologies applied in studies and also of information products and services. The abstracts addressed topics such as institutional repository, bibliometrics, coauthoring, management of scientific journals and scientific and technological information policies.