Brazilian bibliometrics: diffusion of its literature

Authors

  • Rubén Urbizagástegui Alvarado University of California at Riverside, Library, Riverside, CA, USA
  • Cristina Restrepo-Arango Universidad de Córdoba, División de Bibliotecas y Recursos Educativos, Montería, Córdoba, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4275-4102

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/rici.v13.n1.2020.27922

Keywords:

Bass model. bibliometrics. scientometrics. diffusion innovation. Brazil.

Abstract

It analyzes the diffusion of literature on "metrics" (bibliometrics, scientometrics, infometrics, webmetrics, archivemetrics, technometrics, patentmetrics, etc.) produced and published in Brazil and by Brazilians abroad. In order to analyze the diffusion of this literature, the Bass Model of Innovations was used, since the literature is also a kind of an innovation. From 1973 to 2018, a total of 6170 documents produced by 9707 different authors, was identified. The Bass model of innovations estimated that the influence researchers receive from reading other documents on this subject in information systems is less than 1% (innovation coefficient). The coefficient of imitation that measures the influence that a group of adopters exerts on the adoption decisions of other potential adopters is equal to 22%. The parameter that estimates the saturation point of the field, predicts that this will be reached when 165450 documents have been published.

 

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Author Biographies

Rubén Urbizagástegui Alvarado, University of California at Riverside, Library, Riverside, CA, USA

Estudió Bibliotecología en la Escuela Nacional de Bibliotecarios y Antropología en la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, ambos en la ciudad de Lima, Perú. Obtuvo la Maestría en Ciencia de la Información en el Instituto Brasileño de Información en Ciencia y Tecnología de la Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro (IBICT/UFRJ) en el Brasil y otra Maestría en Bibliotecología en la Universidad de Pittsburgh (Pensilvania, Estados Unidos). También realizó estudios de Post-Graduación en Sociología y Comunicación Social en la Universidad de Brasilia (UnB) en la ciudad de Brasilia, Brasil. Realizó los estudios de Doctorado en la Escuela de Ciencia de la Información de la Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brasil). Ha publicado numerosos artículos en las revistas nacionales e internacionales más prestigiosas del campo de la Ciencia de la Información y Bibliotecología. Participa regularmente en congresos y eventos de la especialidad presentando resultados de investigación en bibliometría, información e ideología, y sociología de la información.

Cristina Restrepo-Arango, Universidad de Córdoba, División de Bibliotecas y Recursos Educativos, Montería, Córdoba, Colombia

Es doctora en Bibliotecología y Estudios de la Información por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Magíster en Bibliotecología por El Colegio de México y Bibliotecóloga por la Universidad de Antioquia. Ha sido profesora en la Universidad de la Salle (Bogotá), en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) y en la Universidad de Córdoba (Colombia). Las líneas de investigación que desarrolla son: bibliometría, cienciometría, evaluación de la ciencia, gestión de colecciones y organización de la información. Actualmente, se desempeña como directora de la División de Bibliotecas y Recursos Educativos de la Universidad de Córdoba en Colombia.

 

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2020-01-18

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Urbizagástegui Alvarado, R., & Restrepo-Arango, C. (2020). Brazilian bibliometrics: diffusion of its literature. Revista Ibero-Americana De Ciência Da Informação, 13(1), 200–222. https://doi.org/10.26512/rici.v13.n1.2020.27922

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