Brazilian Educational journals in SCOPUS: a bibliometric analysis

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2017.344

Keywords:

Bibliometrics, Brazil, Education, Journals, Scientific production, SCOPUS

Abstract

Objective. The increase of scientific production during the last few years has aimed to carry out different bibliometric studies. In this line, this study analyses the Brazilian journals included in the impact index of the SCOPUS database, SCImago Journal Rank, in the category Education from 2000 to 2015.

Method. In order to do this study, all the data related to the documents published in these journals during this period were downloaded from the SCOPUS database and frequency counts were made, they allowed to identify the patterns of production of documents by journal and by year, the most productive institutions and countries and to determine the degree of collaboration in authorship and the pattern of citation received.

Results. The results show a significant increase in the production of these journals, but with a very local source in this scientific community and with a small number of citations per document.

Author Biographies

María José Madrid Martín, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca – UPSA

Graduada en Matemáticas por la Universidad de Salamanca. Doctora en Educación Matemática por la Universidad de Salamanca. Profesora de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (España).

Noelia Jiménez-Fanjul, Universidad de Córdoba - UCO

Ingeniera en Automática y Electrónica Industrial por la Universidad de Córdoba. Doctora en Educación por la Universidad de Córdoba (programa de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas). Profesora del Departamento de Matemáticas de la Universidad de Córdoba (España).

Carmen León-Mantero, Universidad de Córdoba - UCO

Licenciada en Ciencias Matemáticas por la Universidad de Sevilla. Doctora por la Universidad de Córdoba en el programa de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Profesora del Departamento de Matemáticas de la Universidad de Córdoba (España).

Alexander Maz-Machado, Universidad de Córdoba - UCO

Licenciado en Matemáticas y Física por la Universidad de Tolima. Doctor en Ciencias Matemáticas por la Universidad de Ganada. Profesor del Departamento de Matemáticas de la Universidad de Córdoba (España).

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2017-12-07

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Madrid Martín, M. J., Jiménez-Fanjul, N., León-Mantero, C., & Maz-Machado, A. (2017). Brazilian Educational journals in SCOPUS: a bibliometric analysis. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (67), 30–41. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2017.344

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