Education of Users in Information Science

bibliometric analysis from Brapci

Abstract

This study aims to identify and analyze publications available in the Database of Articles of Journals of Information Science, characterizing itself as descriptive, documentary, quantitative in nature, using the inferences of descriptive statistics and the analysis of social networks. To achieve this objective, the descriptor “user education” is used, resulting in 26 articles. For data analysis, the bibliometric method was used, through which it was found that the occurrence of studies took place between 1981 and 2021, presenting theoretical gaps in certain periods, boasting from 2012 onwards current dissemination flow, at alternating levels, with the highest incidence in 2018 (n=6) and 2019 (n=4). Of the 53 authors found, Silva, J., Freire, G. and Almeida, J. qualify as the most productive. It was also found that the scientific journal presents itself as an official scientific communication vehicle, boasting, in general, 22 (85%) of the production on the subject, while four (15%) comprise articles published in the annals of the National Research Meeting and Post-Graduation in Information Science. Therefore, from this research, it was found that the theme of user education in Information Science is little discussed and approached, from which the need for production and suggestions for further research is indicated.