ARTICLES FROM BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS IN THE INFORMATION AREAS: production and multiple authoring evolutions

The increase in production in 20 Brazilian periodicals in Archive Science, Library and Information Science and Documentation is described (1972 to 2006). A total of 3,706 bibliographic records were examined. Tables and figures are presented, related to total number of published articles, total numbe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vilan Filho, Jayme Leiro, de Souza, Held Barbosa, Mueller, Suzana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/22362
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/pci/article/view/22362
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:artigo de periódico
produção científica
autoria múltipla
co-autoria
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Sumario:The increase in production in 20 Brazilian periodicals in Archive Science, Library and Information Science and Documentation is described (1972 to 2006). A total of 3,706 bibliographic records were examined. Tables and figures are presented, related to total number of published articles, total number of multiple authorship (co-authorship) articles, total number of periodical titles, and average number of articles per periodical. Final results show the 6 the average yearly production of 175 articles (2000 to 2006); the average yearly productivity being of 16 articles/year/periodical (2000 to 2006); the percentage for articles in co-authorship is 49.16%, close to the average percentage of single authorship articles, of 50.84% in 2006, and 85% of co-authorships coming from articles with two or three authors (1972 to 2006). In conclusion, few questions are discussed on the eventual causes of these results.