Análise bibliométrica da produção cientifica brasileira em Ciência da Informação sobre diversidade sexual: contribuições à vista da pós-graduação stricto sensu

Abstract

The first studies related to bibliometrics date back to the 1930s when it was formally presented in the Documentation Treaty (1934) by Paul Otlet. This article aims to verify the current situation of Brazilian scientific production in the field of Information Science on sexual diversity, using the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) database and a chronological cut-off from 2002 to 2020 as study delimitation factors. For this purpose, a basic, bibliographic, and quantitative research was conducted. The Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations was chosen as the research source, taking into account the exclusive deposit of the target documents of the study: dissertations and theses. A total of 12 documents were retrieved, comprising 9 dissertations and 3 theses, with higher productivity indices associated with postgraduate programs in Information Science from the Southeast (5) and Northeast (4) regions, respectively. The South also accounted for a total of 3 publications, while the Midwest and the North did not score. It was also evident that male researchers have been the most productive, with a total of 10 publications compared to 2 by women. It was concluded that Information Science still has a long way to go regarding research on sexuality to serve its purpose as an Applied Social Science. Although since 2016, scientific production related to the topic has been mentioned at least once, the numbers are still insufficient considering the vastness of Brazilian postgraduate programs in Information Science.