Bibliometrics: Fifteen Years of Analysis of Academic Production in Brazilian Journals

Abstract

Objective. This article aims to analyze the pattern of growth and the academic production of bibliometric articles in national journals in the field of Management, Accounting and Tourism (2010-2012), during the period 1999-2013. Method. For this, we used methodological techniques bibliometric analysis and social network in 366 identified. Results. The main results were: the Journal of Contemporary Management and Journal of Business Administration were the most productive, growth of bibliometric studies from 2007; prominence of articles published in partnership; University of São Paulo and the Federal University of Santa Catarina were HEIs with academic production and also stood out as the most central in this study. Observed a low density of co-authoring network, and HEIs. And the themes: teaching and research in accounting, scientific methodology, teaching and research in management, strategy, accounting, management accounting, entrepreneurship, controlling, cost management, people management and marketing, were published over 15 years of study respectively.