Epistemic configuration of information science in Brazilian periodical literature by means of a citation analysis (1972-2008)

Abstract

The article shows a study on the theoretical scenery related to epistemological questions of Information Science (IS) based on the theoretical context analysis of regular Brazilian production in this area. A total of 91 articles from the Reference Database of Information Science periodical articles (BRAPCI) were selected about the topic IS Epistemology. It identifies the ten most productive authors and proceeds with citation analysis; incidence of citations of the authors that compose the basis is graphically represented as well as the base theoreticians on epistemology that are more frequently cited in this corpus. It identifies the Brazilian most prominent authors in the theoretical context of IS, as well as the influences of the authors from the epistemological field on this area of literature in the period studied.