Producción Científica

Bibliometric studies are used in the evaluation of scientific activity. They may gather data from databases such as Web of Science and Scopus, and, in Brazil, the Lattes Platform. This case study aimed to help describe the performance of science, technology and innovation institutions through bibliometric procedures, and, specifically, to outline the performance of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Sao Paulo (IFSP) using data about the areas of activity of its teachers-researchers available on the Lattes Plataform. The analyzed sample comprised 1997 Lattes curricula vitae of -teachers-researchers active in the period from 2010 to 2018. he institute’s academic output was found to be multidisciplinary, and some activity between campuses was found to be clustered. The results of this study could contribute to the bibliometric study of science, technology and innovation institutions by profiling one such institution, through analysis of the research interests of its researchers, and pointing areas in which its researchers would be most likely to collaborate.

The evaluation criteria of postgraduate programs can be used as contributions to management insofar as they allow the development of bibliometric indicators for the monitoring, especially of scientific production. This is due in large part to the higher valuation of this item at the time of valuation. In this context, this research aims to investigate the dynamics of intellectual production, particularly scientific articles in periodicals, of the Post-Graduation Programs of the Federal University of Sao Carlos, through the elaboration of bibliometric indicators and network analysis in order to observe the relationship between the publication of articles in Qualis strata and the program notes. Quantitative approach, applied nature and exploratory character, data extraction from the Lattes Platform was done using the SyncLattes tool from a list of 1,215 teachers accredited in the permanent category in the period 2010-2017, which resulted in 16,275 bibliographic records referring to scientific articles in periodicals. The data were imported into the VantagePoint software and treated with thesauri who associated the IDLattes of the teachers with the accreditation period in the programs and thesauri associating the ISSN of the periodicals with the Qualis Periodic strata. The bibliometric indicators were elaborated in the software Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer and demonstrated the possibility of monitoring the production of articles of the programs with a view to the management.