Dynamics of Brazilian scientific production in Communication journals in the Web of Science

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Taking into consideration that research activity in Communication has grown strongly in recent years, as indicated by previous studies, the present work aims to establish a survey in terms of scientific production in this area.

Objectives:

This paper analyzes the scientific production in the area of Communication, between 2007 and 2017, in journals indexed in the first quartile (Q1) and second quartile (Q2) of the Web of Science database, belonging to authors with affiliation in Brazilian institutions.

Methodology:

Communication journals in InCities (JCR) belonging to the first two quartiles were identified, then a search by journal title in WoSff was performed and subsequently the treatment and normalization of the data obtained.

Results:

A growth in scientific production in Communication is observed, in international projection, feeding a tradition in coauthorship with international networks. In the period from 2014 to 2017, they tended to publish mainly in English, against the usual collaborations that they had been maintaining with Spanish-speaking countries until 2014.

Conclusion:

We conclude, among other things, that the Capes evaluation system, quadrennial, may have influenced the scientific production in Communication in the studied interval.

KEYWORDS:
Communication; Scientific production; Communication journals; Web of Science; Brazil