The Solidarity Economy at the heart of the debate: a bibliometric work of brazilian studies

Abstract

The aim of this work is to identify and evaluate publications on the topic economy of solidarity. Thus, we seek to understand the status of the issue through a process of organization, classification and analysis of a set of bibliometric data and information. Research on economy of solidarity was established based on publications in journals of Scielo and Spell. We found 93 articles published on the topic in 13 years of analysis (2001-2013). With the recommendations contained in these agendas, we analyzed the progress made by research showing the evolution of publications with the increase or decrease of their quantity each year, the main authors and the networks of relationships between them. The analysis criteria used were the titles and abstracts of all the published articles. Articles that were evaluated showed that the publications are coming from different groups of research on the topic; however, there is a need for periodicals on economy of solidarity.

Keywords:
Solidarity Economy; Brazilian publications; Evolution of study.