Bibliometric analysis of publications from science, technology and society program of the federal university of São Carlos

Abstract

This survey was part of a study whose purpose was to analyze the theory that defines the field Science, Technology, and Society (CTS). The survey provided an overview of the development of the Program itself, related to the scientific production of its professors and students, contributing to advances in the scientific and interdisciplinary field. The survey about the scientific publications developed in the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society of the Federal University of São Carlos was based on bibliometric analysis of the main terms present in the titles and keywords of publications, such as scientific papers, thesis, dissertations and book chapters of professors and students of the program. By using tables, graphs and word clouds, the main terms pointed out by the doctoral students from the 2018 class were represented, as well as the number of publications per year, since the beginning of the Program (2008 - 2016), and the diversity of themes in which the study is inserted, which allowed an analysis of the profile of the research performed so far. It was concluded that there has been a significant increase in Program's publications with respect to scientific papers published in the most diverse journals. Regarding book chapters, there has been a decrease in publications, probably due to the Program's incentive for researchers to publish papers in high-impact scientific journals. The study also showed a higher number of female than male students, and an equivalent number of men and women among advisor in the Program. The main terms found in this survey are "scientific communication", in thesis and dissertations, "competitive intelligence", in book chapters, and "memory", in papers published in journals.