Scholarly production of the Brazilian Information Science graduate programs in the period 2008-2012

Scholarly communication practices depend on different epistemic cultures. The literature reports numerous studies, under the most different approaches related to Brazilian graduate programs in information science (PPGCIs). However, what is known about the profile of expertise for the production of science in these programs? In this research, the PPGCIs were characterized considering the intellectual capital accumulated. From this point of view, this research aims to: analyze the academic production - communications presented on events, journal articles, book chapters, books organized, edited, published and expanded abstracts in the period 2008 to 2012. The methodology included the automatic extraction from curriculum Lattes of permanent and temporary teachers, in activity until December 31, 2012. For extracting scriptLattes tool was used. The results indicate that the academic production focuses, largely in communications presented at events (36.8%) and journal articles (34.3%). Additionally, it was evidenced the existence of three types of profile/performance for the period: profile production stable, profile with a slight decrement of production and profile with a slight increase of production.

Scientific production; Brazilian graduate programs in information Science; ScriptLattes