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Authors and open access Journals in Brazil: a bibliometric assessment of scientific production
| Resumo: | Identifying the main scientific publications and the most productive researchers in these journals is essential for understanding the dynamics of open access scientific production in Brazil. This study uses bibliometric metrics, with an emphasis on Bradford's Law, to analyze the distribution of scientific articles in open access journals registered in the Lattes Platform and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Data from approximately 6.5 million curricula vitae were collected and analyzed, enabling the mapping of the most relevant journals and the researchers with the highest number of publications in these vehicles. The results show that open access scientific production in Brazil is highly concentrated in a small set of high-impact journals, highlighting both challenges and opportunities for formulating public policies aimed at promoting greater diversity and equity in open access publishing. Furthermore, most of the most productive authors are linked to the health field and only a fraction of them holds CNPq productivity grants. These findings help understand the profile of open access scientific production and provide evidence for developing policies to foster open science in Brazil. |
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| Autores principais: | Dias, Patrícia Mascarenhas |
| Outros Autores: | Dias, Thiago Magela Rodrigues; Moita, Gray Farias |
| Assunto: | Open Access Open Science Scientific Production Lattes Platform DOAJ Acceso Abierto Ciencia Abierta Producción Científica Plataforma Lattes DOAJ Acesso Aberto Ciência aberta Produção científica Plataforma Lattes DOAJ |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict) e Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Revista Ciência Aberta Lusófona |
| Resumo: | Identifying the main scientific publications and the most productive researchers in these journals is essential for understanding the dynamics of open access scientific production in Brazil. This study uses bibliometric metrics, with an emphasis on Bradford's Law, to analyze the distribution of scientific articles in open access journals registered in the Lattes Platform and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Data from approximately 6.5 million curricula vitae were collected and analyzed, enabling the mapping of the most relevant journals and the researchers with the highest number of publications in these vehicles. The results show that open access scientific production in Brazil is highly concentrated in a small set of high-impact journals, highlighting both challenges and opportunities for formulating public policies aimed at promoting greater diversity and equity in open access publishing. Furthermore, most of the most productive authors are linked to the health field and only a fraction of them holds CNPq productivity grants. These findings help understand the profile of open access scientific production and provide evidence for developing policies to foster open science in Brazil. |
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