Title: Transfusion Medicine Reviews

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? Hallet, J., Hanif, A., Callum, J., Pronina, I., Wallace, D., Yohanathan, L., McLeod, R. and Coburn, N. (2014), The impact of perioperative iron on the use of red blood cell transfusions in gastrointestinal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 28 (4), 205-211.

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Abstract: Perioperative anemia is common, yet detrimental, in surgical patients. However, red blood cell transfusions (RBCTs) used to treat anemia are associated with significant postoperative risks and worse oncologic outcomes. Perioperative iron has been suggested to mitigate perioperative anemia. This meta-analysis examined the impact of perioperative iron compared to no intervention on the need for RBCT in gastrointestinal surgery. We systematically searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Central, and Scopus to identify relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and nonrandomized studies (NRSs). We excluded studies investigating autologous RBCT or erythropoietin. Two independent reviewers selected the studies, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane tool and Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Primary outcomes were proportion of patients getting allogeneic RBCT and number of transfused patient. Secondary outcomes were hemoglobin change, 30-day postoperative morbidity and mortality, length of stay, and oncologic outcomes. A meta-analysis using random effects models was performed. The review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42013004805). From 883 citations, we included 2 RCTs and 2 NRSs (n = 325 patients), all pertaining to colorectal cancer surgery. Randomized controlled trials were at high risk for bias and underpowered. One RCT and 1 NRS using preoperative oral iron reported a decreased proportion of patients needing RBCT. One RCT on preoperative intravenous iron and 1 NRS on postoperative PO iron did not observe a difference. Only 1 study revealed a difference in number of transfused patients. One RCT reported significantly increased postintervention hemoglobin. Among 3 studies reporting length of stay, none observed a difference. Other secondary outcomes were not reported. Meta-analysis revealed a trend toward fewer patients requiring RBCT with iron supplementation (risk ratio, 0.66 [0.42, 1.02]), but no benefit on the number of RBCT per patient (weighted mean difference, -0.91 [-1.61, -0.18]). Although preliminary evidence suggests that it may be a promising strategy, there is insufficient evidence to support the routine use of perioperative iron to decrease the need for RBCT in colorectal cancer surgery. Well-designed RCTs focusing on the need for RBCT and including long-term outcomes are warranted. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Allogeneic, Allogeneic Blood, Anemia, Bias, Blood, Cancer, Cell, Citations, Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal-Cancer, Consensus Statement, Controlled-Trial, Data, Effects, Erythropoietin, Evidence, Gastrointestinal, Hemoglobin, Impact, Infection, Intervention, Intravenous, Intravenous Iron, Iron, Length, Length Of Stay, Long Term, Long-Term, Long-Term Outcomes, Medline, Meta Analysis, Meta-Analysis, Metaanalysis, Models, Morbidity, Mortality, Oral, Outcomes, Patients, Perioperative, Postoperative, Postoperative Morbidity, Preoperative, Preoperative Anemia, Randomized, Randomized Controlled Trials, Rct, Reporting, Resection, Review, Reviewers, Rights, Risk, Risks, Scale, Science, Scopus, Strategy, Supplementation, Support, Surgery, Systematic, Systematic Review, Transfusion, Trend, Web, Web Of Science

Title: Transinformacao

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? Eliel, R.A. (2008), Institutionalization of Information Science in Brazil: study of the convergence between the scientific production and regulatory landmarks of the area. Transinformação, 20 (3), 207-224.

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Abstract: the objective of the present study is to show the development and the institutionalization of Information Science in Brazil, analyzing the degree of convergence between the scientific production-materialized in thesis and dissertations - and landmarks (Documento de Area da CAPES e Grupos Tematicos da ANCIB). Its empirical object is constituted of references data of thesis and dissertations of information science, analyzed using of scientometrics methodology. Finally, the thesis and dissertations present partial convergence with landmarks, and the information science necessities to surpass some challenges such as to diminish the high number of studies concerning the practice; to guarantee the production of theoretical and conceptual research, in detriment of the research that aims to solve concrete and focused problems, and to define the object of study of the area, avoiding its thematic dispersion and, moreover, promote greater index of growth of the Post-Graduation programs, mainly in relation to the courses of doctorate to guarantee its effective social and cognition institutionalization.

Keywords: Brazil, Information Science, Information Science Institutionalization, Information Science Theoretical Aspects, Research, Science, Scientific Production, Scientometrics, Scientometrics Methodology, Thesis and Dissertations

? Fachin, G.R.B., dos Santos, R.N.M. and Rodrigues, R.S. (2010), Scientific communication and ontologies: A research at Library and Information Science Abstracts. Transinformação, 22 (1), 77-91.

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Abstract: This article reports a search’s analysis at the database Library and Information Science Abstracts, using the terms scientific communication and ontology. The objective was to analyze search’s possibilities in reference databases with emphasis on metadata standards and interoperability among systems. The methodology is exploratory and descriptive, documental and quant-qualitative; it employs the bibliometric soft wares Infotrans and Dataview for the analysis of the 129 obtained results in the bibliographic survey of data tabulation and analyses. It concludes that the databases and soft wares differ significantly, fact which demands strict standards of metadata to enable efficient and accurate results in searches as well as the utilization of bibliometric tools for analysis and discussion of obtained documents, in order to improve the quantitative indicators of scientific production.

Keywords: Analysis, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Tools, Data, Database, Databases, Indicators, Ontology, Production, Research, Science, Scientific Communication, Survey

? Silva, E.L., Tavares, A.L.D. and Pereira, J.P.S. (2010), State of the art of research in Brazil on scientific communication (1996-2006) in the field of information science. Transinformação, 22 (3), 207-223.

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Abstract: This study analyses the state of research on scientific communication in Brazil carried out between 1996 and 2006. It analyses this research by taking into consideration trends regarding approach, authorship, and the methodological options of the studies. It characterizes scientific production through the number of articles published per journal, the authors (gender, institution), The year of publication and typology of the article, and the methodological aspects of the studies. It then carries out a content analysis of the scientific articles, uses documentary research techniques and defines as its analytic corpus the Brazilian journals in the field of Information Science (Ciencia da Informacao, Datagramazero, Encontros Bibli, Informacao & Sociedade, Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao, Transinformacao). It goes on to demonstrate the accumulation of knowledge on scientific communication, which has contributed to constituting a specialized field of study and research in the area of Information Science in Brazil, taking into consideration the number of articles (148) and the number of authors (238). It is found that 96 (64.86%) of these articles were identified as descriptions of scientific investigations according to the criteria defined in the study, leading to the conclusion that the most common areas of study are documentary research, descriptive studies; followed by the treatment of quantitative data; the use of bibliometric techniques and citation analysis; concerning the research thematic the most common areas were studies of channels, vehicles, cycles and models of communication (including evaluation of journals and information sources).

Keywords: Authors, Authorship, Bibliometric, Brazil, Citation, Citation Analysis, Content Analysis, Descriptive Studies, Information, Information Science, Journal, Journals, Publication, Research, Scientific Communication

? Chalhub, T. and Guerra, C. (2011), Visibility of scientific production of social work research groups in the federal state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Transinformação, 23 (3), 185-194.

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Abstract: This work describes a quantitative research into the visibility of the scientific production of the leaders of Social Work research groups in the public universities of the state of Rio de Janeiro, registered with the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (Brazilian National Council for Scientific Research). The visibility of the results of Social Work research makes possible the exercise of rights and the broadening of the concept of citizenship. A search was conducted of the scientific production registered on the Lattes platform (a Brazilian scientific database) between 2003 and 2010. The best part of these articles in periodical journals is composed of the traditional form of communication, namely printed documents; amongst these, a good number are not indexed by web accessed databases, which has an adverse impact on visibility. This pattern of scientific communication corroborates the typical pattern found in other Social Work areas. In terms of visibility, this group does not match the greater visibility of other areas that have a larger number of open access journals, as well as periodicals that make use of indexing channels such as databases (Science Citation Index), directories (Latindex) and cooperative networks (Redalyc).

Keywords: Access, Articles, Brazil, Citation, Citizenship, Communication, Database, Databases, Exercise, Impact, Indexing, Journals, Networks, Open, Open Access, Pattern, Periodical, Periodicals, Public, Research, Research Into Social Work, Rights, Rio De Janeiro, Science, Science Citation Index, Scientific Communication, Scientific Journals, Scientific Production, Scientific Researcher, Social, State, Universities, Visibility, Web, Work

? Arboit, A.E. and Bufrem, L.S. (2011), The production of scientific research in national events in the field of information science. Transinformação, 23 (3), 207-217.

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Abstract: This article performs a diachronic analysis of the research works presented in the main events in the field of Information Science in Brazil. The research resorts to a scientometric method, encompassing, in the stages of survey, analysis and interpretation of the gathered data, both the social and historical environments of the development of this field in the country. It uses, as its source of information, the Grey Literature Database, in which a large part of the communications presented in events, is registered and indexed. It represents in graphical format and analyses the number of works presented in relation to the main themes of each episode of the selected events, between 1954 and 2008. It relates the indices obtained in each period to the historical and political context of the country, as well as to the context relating to the cognitive development of Information Science.

Keywords: Analyses, Analysis, Brazil, Communications, Context, Country, Data, Development, Events, Field, Indices, Information, Information Science, Literature, Research, Science, Scientific Events, Scientific Research, Scientometric, Scientometry, Social, Source, Survey

? de Andrade, F.S. and Jung, C.F. (2013), Analysis of references used by researchers in the journal Gestao & Producao. Transinformação, 25 (1), 19-25.

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Abstract: This article presents the results of a descriptive research with quantitative approach and strategy based on the documentary method, with the aim of analyzing the references listed in articles appearing in regular publications of the Journal “Gestao & Producao” by adapting the concepts of bibliometric citation analysis. Given the objective of the research, an analysis was made of the reference lists specifying: 1) how subjects investigated the documents referenced in the articles, 2) as elements of deterministic variables obtained by analyzing references and, 3) as the type of bibliographic research resource. Based on these parameters, documents were analyzed used in the theoretical basis of the articles by means of identification, mapping and quantitative determination: a) of the items listed in each study; b) the mean life of the literature; c) the language; d) the frequency of use of references and; e) research front. As a result, the main aspects of the sources of researches on which studies in Production Engineering and its sub areas are based were mapped.

Keywords: Analysis, Approach, Article, Bibliographic, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Analysis, Brazil, Citation, Citation Analysis, Engineering, Identification, Information, Journal, Language, Life, Literature, Mapping, Metrics Study, Operations Management, Production, Publications, Quantitative Analysis, Reference, Reference Lists, References, Regular, Research, Research Front, Rio Grande, Rs, Science, Scientific Production, Sources, Strategy, Theoretical

? Ambinder, D.M. and Marcondes, C.H. (2013), New experiences for presenting, accessing, and reading digital scientific articles on the web. Transinformação, 25 (3), 195-201.

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Abstract: Although scientific electronic journals are recognized as a medium for scholarly publication in the digital environment, they are still based on the printed pattern. The textual format of articles in natural language prevents the semantic processing of that content by computer programs. The semantics and expressive power of search strategies for retrieving content in modern online bibliographic systems of digital libraries, repositories, and databases are still limited. Objectives: to identify and analyze experiences that involve Semantic Web technologies and Web 2.0 to provide direct access to the semantic content of digital scientific articles and expand the interaction between authors and readers on the Web. Methodology: approach (qualitative), type of research (descriptive, exploratory), techniques used (bibliographic and documentary research). Results: Semantic Web technologies represent an advance towards the semantic retrieval and processing in the digital environment; software agents that run “inferences” and more sophisticated tasks go beyond conventional digital publication, surpassing the previously used traditional textual and linear reading format, search engines, and browsing. The effective use of Web 2.0 technologies facilitates the relationship and the activities developed by the researcher in the digital environment. Metrics based on these activities can inform measures of faster impact and complement traditional citation metrics, outlining a new scenario for Scientometrics. Conclusion: (10) experiments are applied to the Biomedical area, (11) use Semantic Web technologies, (6) use Web 2.0 tools; (13) are already in operation, (4) are considered theoretical proposals, and (5) are still defined as prototypes.

Keywords: Access, Advance, Approach, Authors, Bibliographic, Bibliographic Systems, Citation, Citation Metrics, Conventional, Databases, Digital Libraries, Electronic Journals, Environment, Experiments, Impact, Interaction, Journals, Language, Measures, Methodology, Metrics, Natural, Online, Operation, Pattern, Power, Publication, Qualitative, Reading, Research, Results, Scenario, Scientific Electronic Journal, Scientometrics, Search Strategies, Semantic Publications, Semantic Web, Semantics, Software, Systems, Techniques, Technologies, Theoretical, Web, Web 2.0

? Sartori, S., Ensslin, L., Campos, L.M.D. and Ensslin, S.R. (2014), Literature review of environmental sustainability related to information technology. Transinformação, 26 (1), 77-89.

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Abstract: The aim of this article was to map publications on the issue of Environmental Sustainability Assessment for Information Technology and select a bibliography portfolio of relevant publications according to the perception of authors of this research. For this portfolio the bibliometric analysis aimed at building knowledge on the following most outstanding terms: authors, articles, journals and keywords on the subject. This is an exploratory, descriptive, quantitative, qualitative study using the instrument Knowledge Development Process from a constructivist perspective. As a result, we selected 25 relevant articles and 416 articles cited in the references, which represent the bibliographic portfolio. The bibliometric analysis of articles in the Bibliographic Portfolio and their references revealed that the most frequent terms were as follows: the journal “Association for Computing Machinery Computing Surveys” and “Management Information Systems Quarterly”; the article “Information technology and organizational performance: an integrative model of Information Technology business value” and “Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability”; the keywords “Information Technology” and “Sustainability”; and the most cited authors were: Marie-Claude Boudreau, Tom Butler, Adela Chen, Jason Dedrick, Robert Sroufe, Richard Watson, and Nigel Melville. These results are singular due to the delimitations established by the authors of the present study and the process used. However, it is general and it can be used by other researchers in this or other fields.

Keywords: Analysis, Article, Articles, Assessment, Authors, Bibliographic, Bibliography, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Analysis, Building, Business, Development, Environmental, Environmental Management, From, General, Information, Information Technology, Instrument, Integrative, Journal, Journals, Knowledge, Literature, Literature Review, Model, Organizational, Perception, Performance, Performance Assessment, Publications, Qualitative, Qualitative Study, References, Research, Researchers, Review, Sustainability, Systems, Technology

? Reverter-Masia, J., Hernandez-Gonzalez, V., Jove-Deltell, C., Fonseca, T. and Legaz-Arrese, A. (2014), Papers production in the database Web of Science and Scopus about physical education: Comparative study between Spain and Brazil. Transinformação, 26 (2), 113-124.

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Abstract: There has been a growing interest and need in the evaluation of the quality and quantity of papers published by researchers. Therefore, the most important measurements are the number of items, the journal impact factor and the h-index. The aim of this paper is to analyze the publications of the professors in the field of Physical Education in Spain and Brazil published in journals in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The method used is a descriptive, comparative and correlational analysis of documents. The sample consisted of 373 publications of professors of which 108 are in the field of Physical Education in Brazil and 265 in the field of Physical Education in Spain. The results indicate that the professors in the field of Physical Education in Spain produced an h-index of 2.6 and 7.4 papers per researcher in Web of Science and an h-index of 3.1 and 9.5 papers per professor in Scopus. Brazilian professors obtained an h-index of 6.05 in Web of Science with a mean of 30.91 papers per researcher and h-index of 7.5 and 37.7 papers per professor in Scopus. Correlations between the number of papers per professor and h-index are high both in the Web of Science and Scopus. The majority of Brazilian and Spanish professors publish in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Significant differences among professors of different countries were found in the present research.

Keywords: Analysis, Bibliometric Indicators, Brazil, Comparative, Coverage, Database, Databases, Documents, Education, Evaluation, Exercise, Field, H Index, H-Index, Impact, Impact Factor, Journal, Journal Impact, Journal Impact Factor, Journals, Medicine, Of-Science, Papers, Physical, Physical Education, Professor, Professors, Psychology Journals, Publications, Quality, Research, Researchers, Science, Scientific Production, Scientists, Scopus, Spain, Sport, Web Of Science

? Vilchez-Roman, C. (2014), Bibliometric factors associated with h-index of Peruvian researchers with publications indexed on Web of Science and Scopus databases. Transinformação, 26 (2), 143-154.

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Abstract: The objective of this article is: a) to identify Peruvian researchers with high, medium and low impact factor according to Web of Science and Scopus databases; b) to identify the bibliometric factor with the highest influence on h-index of Peruvian researchers; c) to compare h-index between Web of Science and Scopus, at an individual and institutional level. Data were collected from Web of Science and Scopus (189 Peruvian researchers, 28 institutions on Web of Science and 33 on Scopus), between September 1823, 2013. Then, institutional registries were created and linear regression analysis with stepwise procedure was run to identify bibliometric factors with higher influence on the h-index of Peruvian researchers. Web of Science and Scopus showed interesting simmilarities in the h-index of Peruvian academic institutions. At individual level, documents indexed in citation database had the highest influence on the h-index. Regression model identified bibliometric factors with higher influence on the h-index of Peruvian researchers, however further large scale studies are needed to improve external validity.

Keywords: Analysis, Article, Bibliometric, Bibliometrics Indicators, Citation, Data, Database, Databases, Documents, From, H Index, H-Index, Impact, Impact Factor, Influence, Institutions, Linear Regression, Metrics, Model, Peruvian Researchers, Procedure, Publications, Registries, Regression, Regression Analysis, Researchers, Scale, Science, Scientific Production, Scientists, Scopus, Validity, View, Web Of Science

? Picco, P., Aguirre-Liguera, N., Maldini, J., Simon, L., Petroccelli, P., Fontans, E. and Fager, J. (2014), Scholarly communication in Uruguay: Study of publications of active researchers from the National System of Researchers (2009-2010). Transinformação, 26 (2), 155-165.

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Abstract: Scholarly communication in Uruguay was studied considering the publications reported in the researchers’ curricula vitae from the National System of Researchers of the National Agency for Research and Innovation of Uruguay. An ad-hoc database was developed, where data relative to variables such as field of knowledge, kind of publication, type of responsibility, place of publication, support, language, peer review and indexing were registered. A quantitative data analysis was carried out with descriptive statistical methods, using a software for statistical analysis. In accordance to the literature, it has been found that communication patterns vary depending on the field of knowledge. It is concluded that the curricula vitae, regardless of their limitations, are a rich source to approach the study of scientific production globally and complement bibliometric studies through international databases which allow the study of other aspects.

Keywords: Active, Agency, Analysis, Approach, Argentina, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Studies, Communication, Curricula, Curriculum Vitae, Data, Data Analysis, Database, Databases, Field, From, Indexing, Innovation, International, Knowledge, Language, Literature, Methods, Model, National System Of Researchers, Of-The-Art, Peer Review, Peer-Review, Psychology, Publication, Publications, Research, Researchers, Responsibility, Review, Scholarly Communication, Scholars Communication, Scientific Communication, Scientific Production, Social-Sciences, Software, Source, Statistical Analysis, Support, Universities, Uruguay

? Ferreira, A.G.C. and Caregnato, S.E. (2014), Visibility of scientific journals: A study based on the Website of Scientific Journals at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Transinformação, 26 (2), 177-190.

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Abstract: The study addresses the visibility of electronic scientific journals, as well as the characteristics that promote, especially focusing on those hosted on the Portal of Scientific Journals of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The study assesses the degree of visibility of these journals on the Internet by means of their presence in information sources. The theoretical reference addresses the following themes: scientific communication; scientific journals; visibility and searchability; information sources on portal; bibliographic databases and open access. This is a descriptive and exploratory study that combines qualitative and quantitative data. The corpus of research was composed of 34 titles. Essential information about the journals was collected, giving emphasis to the characteristics that promote their visibility. It was found that Human Sciences is the area with the greatest number of journals at the University, 29.4% of all publications. Open access is adopted by all journals in the sample. Once the information sources had been mapped, it was found that the majority of journals appear in the information source Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents, followed by Latindex. Despite the limited presence of the journals in international information sources, it was concluded that the journals hosted on the Website of Scientific Journals seek to adapt to characteristics that promote their visibility. The study suggests a number of new studies, deepens the analyses, and addresses other themes related to visibility and, especially, bibliometric studies.

Keywords: Access, Analyses, Bibliographic, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Studies, Characteristics, Communication, Data, Databases, Human, Information, Information Sources, International, Internet, Journal, Journals, Latin-American, Open, Open Access, Periodicals, Publications, Qualitative, Reference, Research, Rio Grande, Sciences, Scientific Communication, Scientific Journals, Source, Sources, Theoretical, University, Visibility

? Russell, J.M., Guzman, M.V., Aguillo, I., Reyes, F.C. and Mugnaini, R. (2014), International seminar on bibliometrics. Transinformação, 26 (3), 227-228.

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Keywords: Bibliometrics, International

? Glänzel, W. (2014), Analysis of co-authorship patterns at the individual level. Transinformação, 26 (3), 229-238.

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Abstract: Publication activity, citation impact and communication patterns, in general, change in the course of a scientist’s career. Mobility and radical changes in a scientist’s research environment or profile are among the most spectacular factors that have effect on individual collaboration patterns. Although bibliometrics at this level should be applied with the utmost care, characteristic patterns of an individual scientist’s research collaboration and changes in these in the course of a career can be well depicted using bibliometric methods. A wide variety of indicators and network tools are chosen to follow up the evolution and to visualise and to quantify collaboration and performance profiles of individual researchers. These methods are, however, designed to supplement expert-opinion based assessment and other qualitative assessments, and should not be used as stand-alone evaluation tools. This study presents part of the results published in an earlier study by Zhang and Glanzel (2012) 4 as well as new applications of these methods.

Keywords: Activity, Analysis, Assessment, Assessments, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Methods, Bibliometrics, Bibliometrics Indicators, Bibliometry, Care, Changes, Citation, Citation Impact, Co-Authorship, Coauthorship, Collaboration, Collaboration Patterns, Communication, Course, Environment, Evaluation, Evolution, Expert Opinion, Factors, Follow-Up, General, Impact, Indicators, Information-Science, Methods, Mobility, Network, Performance, Profiles, Publication, Publication Activity, Qualitative, Research, Research Collaboration, Researchers, Scientific Cooperation, Scientific Production

? Mugnaini, R., Digiampietri, L.A. and Mena-Chalco, J.P. (2014), Scientific communication in Brazil (1998-2012): Indexing, growth, flow and dispersion. Transinformação, 26 (3), 239-252.

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Abstract: The Brazilian scientific production growth in the international scenario may be due to the internationalization of Brazilian science and journals. Within this context, this study collected Brazilian scientific production from the Web of Science and Scientific Electronic Library Online databases - data from 1998 to 2012 - in order to analyze how internationalization influenced the performance of the country. Based on the Bradford Zones and considering the different fields, the aim of this study is to assess the growth in the number of journals in each zone, as well as the proportion of the papers published in national journals throughout five triennia. It was possible to observe that the number of journals exclusively indexed in Scientific Electronic Library Online increased in the period, except in the fourth triennium when several journals were also indexed in the Web of Science. However, about 60% of the national production is published in international journals (Web of Science). The most generalized growth in the number of journals from different fields occurred initially in zone 3 (triennium 2004-2006), then in zone 2 (triennium 2007-2009), and finally in zone 1 (triennium 2010-2012). On the other hand, the percentage of production in national journals across the fields presented three different behaviors: in Social and Human Sciences zones 1 and 2 contains exclusively national journals, and zone 3 is receiving international journals; in Physics, Space Science and Immunology production is exclusively international; in other fields such as Exact & Earth, Health and Biological Sciences there is an increasing percentage of production in national journals in zone 1 and 2, but zone 3 remains international.

Keywords: Bradford Zones, Brazil, Brazilian Science, Brazilian Scientific Production, Communication, Community, Context, Countries, Country, Data, Databases, Dispersion, Flow, From, Growth, Health, Human, Indexing, International, Internationalization, Journals, National Scientific Journals, Online Databases, Papers, Performance, Physics, Research Evaluation, Scenario, Science, Science Database, Sciences, Scientific Communication, Scientific Production, Web, Web Of Science

? Pinto, A.L. and Gonzales-Aguilar, A. (2014), Visibility of studies in social network analysis in South America: Its evolution and metrics from 1990 to 2013. Transinformação, 26 (3), 253-267.

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Abstract: The aim of the study is to analyze the scientific productivity in South American countries related to Social Network Analysis in accordance with the representation of the countries, institutions, researchers and their theoretical references (citations used in these productions). The present study spans from 1990 to 2013 (31/05/2013). Bibliographical description was used to discover the status of Social Network Analysis in the scientific literature and the quantitative method to analyze publication and citation frequency data using Bibliometrics and Scientometrics. The data was collected from the Web of Science database, refining the data for the countries selected: Argentina n=166; Brazil n=775; Bolivia n=28; Chile n=179; n=78; Colombia n=78; Ecuador n=19; Paraguay n=8; Peru n=33; Uruguay n=21; Venezuela n=48 no articles were published from Guyana, Falkland Islands, Suriname, retrieving a total of 922 scientific articles. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, DetDraw, and CiteSpace were used for the treatment of data. Data showed that Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Peru maintained an especially close relationship with the United States of America. Among the South American countries, the centrality of the network consisted of Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The most outstanding universities were: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Catclica de Chile and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, of which all focus on cooperation and enable studies of social network analysis to develop, with the main representatives being: Herrmann, HJ Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule - Switzerland; Carrasco, JA Universidad de Concepcion - Chile; Bastos, FI Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz - Brazil; Costa, LD Universidade de Sao Paulo -Brazil; Moll, J Labs D’or Hospital Network - Brazil; Benevenuto, F Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto - Brazil; Gonzalez, MC Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo -Brazil; Miller, EJ University of Toronto - Canada; Zanette DH Centre Atcmico Bariloche - Argentina. As for the citation network, the outstanding Latino scholars were Benevenuto, F, Castilian, C, Lancichinetti, A. However, the field counts on the great contributions of Freeman, LC, Granovetter M, Wasserman, S, Scott, J, Borgatti, SP and Burt, RS. In studies of social network analysis applied to bibliometrics and scientometrics authors who have published are not identified as the most constantly cited ones in the network. Social Network Analysis in South America directly deals with social network support, social capital, epidemiology, mental health, depression, violence. The studies are related to medicine and nursing, psychology, sociology, business and economics, physics and information science.

Keywords: Analysis, Argentina, Articles, Authors, Bibliometrics, Bibliometrics, Brazil, Business, Canada, Centrality, Chile, Citation, Citation Frequency, Citation Network, Citations, Citespace, Colombia, Cooperation, Data, Database, Depression, Economics, Epidemiology, Evolution, Falkland Islands, Field, From, Health, Hospital, Information, Information Science, Institutions, Literature, Maps, Medicine, Mental Health, Metrics, Network, Network Analysis, Nursing, Peru, Physics, Productivity, Psychology, Publication, References, Representation, Researchers, Rs, S, Science, Sciences, Scientific Literature, Scientific Productivity, Scientometrics, Social, Social Network, Social Network Analysis, Social Sciences, Sociology, South America, Support, Switzerland, Theoretical, Treatment, United States, Universities, University, Uruguay, Venezuela, Violence, Visibility, Web, Web Of Science

? Zacca-Gonzalez, G., Vargas-Quesada, B., Chinchilla-Rodriguez, Z. and de Moya-Anegon, F. (2014), Cuban scientific production in Medicine and Public Health: Scopus 2003-2011. Transinformação, 26 (3), 281-293.

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Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of the quantity and visibility of Cuban scientific production in Public Health and Medicine to determine if they follow the same patterns of scientific communication and the recommended best practices for publication. Bibliometric indicators of quantity, visibility and cooperation were extracted from the SCImago Institutions Rankings website, which is based on Scopus data, in the field of Medicine and category of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health from 2003 to 2011. Cuba has a relatively high position in the rankings of scientific production in both Medicine and Public Health within the international and regional contexts, but its impact is ranked among the last countries. The production trend of both fields has increased, but public health is increasing faster. Leadership is high, but international collaboration is below expectations. Publication in high impact journals (first quartile) and articles in the set 10% most cited documents (excellence) are scarce. Thus, it may be concluded that the volume and impact of publication are not in accordance with the scientific potential of Cuban health. We recommend increasing scientific cooperation, publishing articles in high impact journals, training human resources and following the international recommendations for good editorial and scientific publication practices.

Keywords: Articles, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Indicators, Collaboration, Collective Health, Communication, Cooperation, Cuba, Data, Documents, Environmental, Evolution, Excellence, Expectations, Field, First, From, Health, Human, Impact, Indicator, Indicators, Institutions, International, International Collaboration, Journals, Latin-America, Medicine, Most Cited, Occupational Health, Output, Position, Potential, Practices, Public, Public Health, Publication, Publishing, Rankings, Recommendations, Regional, Resources, Scientific Communication, Scientific Cooperation, Scientific Evaluation, Scientific Production, Scientific Publication, Scientometrics, Scimago, Scopus, Training, Trend, Visibility, Volume

? Gonzalez-Valiente, C.L. (2014), Marketing in the field of information disciplines: Research trends in Latin America (1985-2012). Transinformação, 26 (3), 305-314.

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Abstract: This study seeks to clarify research trends related to marketing in the field of information disciplines from Latin American scientific production. As a reference source, we used the electronic journals indexed in the Latindex Directory. Some bibliometric indicators were applied to 108 documents; these indicators were as follows: productivity by year, journals, authors, language, and finally term co-occurrence analysis. It was evident that the highest rate of productivity was found in Brazilian journals and authors, and in the Portuguese language. The four main clusters in term co-occurrence analysis in the most relevant topics were as follows: marketing of the information professional in the labor market, library marketing, marketing of information products and services, and marketing information management. From another point of view, four kinds of traits were also identified, as follows: the marketing object, organizational context, disciplinary perspective, and the most commonly used marketing tools and techniques. It was found that marketing in Infomation Sciences is a relevant topic in the Latin American research activity. In addition, it was possible to establish the productivity of some journals (51.4%) that are not included in the most relevant databases.

Keywords: Activity, Analysis, Authors, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Indicators, Co-Occurrence Analysis, Context, Databases, Disciplines, Documents, Electronic Journals, Field, From, Indicators, Information, Information Disciplines, Journals, Labor, Language, Latin America, Latin-American, Latindex, Management, Market, Marketing, Organizational, Productivity, Reference, Research, Research Trends, Sciences, Scientific Production, Services, Source, Techniques, Term, Topic, Trends

? Costa, E.K., Guimaraes, M.C.S. and da Silva, C.H. (2015), Scientometrics: Haity Moussatche’s scientific production. Transinformação, 27 (1), 47-58.

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Abstract: This is an exploratory study about an episode which came to be known as “Manguinhos massacre”, when ten leading researchers had their political rights suspended. From the viewpoint of the scientific production of the Laboratory of Physiology at the Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, between 1934-1998, we focused on the scientific production of Haity Moussatche, laboratory chief until 1965. We mapped and analyzed the scientific production retrieved through searches in international databases and from the documentary research conducted at the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz and Library of Biomedical Sciences of Fiocruz, in order to collect evidence of the consequences of the political event on the scientific production of the laboratory. An important feature of the scientific production of the researcher points to a consistent pattern of co-authored publication since the beginning of his academic career. Possibly, this was the main factor which allowed him to remain active in his research even after he had been persecuted and exiled from Brazil. This work contributes to the understanding of the scientific history in the field of health, providing new interpretations of this episode in several academic fields.

Keywords: Active, Biomedical, Brazil, Databases, Evidence, Feature, Field, From, Haity Moussatche, Health, Health Research, History, International, Laboratory, Library, Manguinhos Masacre, Pattern, Publication, Research, Research Institute, Researchers, Rights, Sciences, Scientific Production, Scientometrics, Understanding, Work

? Ninin, D.M., do Amaral, R.M., Milanez, D.H. and de Faria, L.I.L. (2015), Circulation indicators of the community library collection of the Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos. Transinformação, 27 (1), 59-71.

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Abstract: In order to contribute to the study of use and users of electronic library resources and to support higher rational and sustainable decisions regarding the maintenance of the library collection, the aim of this study was to develop a set of indicators on the use of the library collection by means of bibliometric and social network analyses. The research method was a case study and the single unit assessed was the Community Library of the Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, located in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. The data sample consisted of 119,720 records of book circulation (loan, renewal and booking) from 2011. The indicators of the community use of the library collection were developed and the VantagePoint (R) software was used to evaluate them. Based on the results obtained, it can be stated that the use of bibliometrics and network analysis for conducting studies of uses, as predicted in the studies of uses and users, were effective to automatically establish indicators for the user profile and use of the collection without direct contact with users.

Keywords: Analyses, Analysis, Bibliometric, Bibliometrics, Case Study, Collection, Collection Development, Community, Data, From, Indicators, Library, Network, Network Analysis, R, Records, Research, Research Method, Resources, Social, Social Network, Social Network Analysis, Software, Support, Sustainable, Users Studies