Bibliometric analysis on institutional repositories and open access in the Capes Theses and Dissertations Catalog

• Autor(a) principal: Abrahão Nascimento de Santi, Cecília
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Andrade Vasconcelos, Stela, Marques de Oliveira, Vanessa, Marques Redigolo, Franciele
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Information Science
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/article/view/13316
• topic: Open Access; Institutional |Repositories; Scholarly Communication; Bibliometrics.; Acesso Aberto; Repositórios Institucionais; Comunicação Científica; Bibliometria.

This study deals with the institutional repository as an auxiliary means of obtaining, organizing, disseminating, and managing scientific and academic information. The objective of this research is to present the scenario of theses and dissertations on institutional repositories and open access in the period from 2015 to 2021 in the Capes Theses and Dissertations Catalog. Classifica-se como pesquisa de natureza descritiva, com abordagem quali-quantitativa, utilizando o método bibliométrico. The results indicated 148 productions found in total, and the year 2020 had the highest incidence of publications in relation to the other years. The Brazilian region with the highest concentration was the Southeast. Furthermore, UFSCar was the educational institution that produced the most papers on the themes addressed. The Graduate Program in Information Science was the one that stood out the most in relation to the quantity of productions. It was identified that the research lines that obtained a more expressive production were Librarianship, Culture and Society and Technological Management and Sustainable Society. A total of 148 authors were accounted for, however, 138 supervisors were identified, among which 6 supervised two or more theses and dissertations. Finally, the relevance of bibliometric studies to understand the development of certain areas and themes is confirmed.