Contribution of bibliometric indicators to research in Information Science: analysis of scientific production in Dentistry in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ely Francina Tannuri de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Grácio, Maria Cláudia Cabrini
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista EDICIC
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.edicic.org/revistaedicic/article/view/92
• topic: Investigación en Ciencias de la Información; Producción Científica en Odontología; Indicadores Bibliométricos; Índice H; Análisis de Citas; Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação; Produção Científica em Odontologia; Indicadores Bibliométricos; Colaboração Científica; Índice H; Análise de Citação; Information Science Research; Dentistry Scientific Production; Bibliometric Indicators; Index H; Citation Analysis

This paper aims at contributing with research about Information Science through analysis of Bibliometric indicators applied to Dentistry in Brazil, comparing the impact of such production with the ones from major countries in that field. The analyzed indicators are the following: total number of citations, self-citations, average of citations received a year and index h. Within the procedures, we outlined, in the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) the group of producing countries in the field of Dentistry from 1996 to 2009. The results show that Brazil is the only country in Latin America which is among those of major impact in Dentistry. We highlight the role of the Bibliometric indicators as methodological contribution to the research while pointing out the main “performers” in the knowledge field.