Producción Científica

Accounting information systems (AIS) are closely connected with using automated accounting data processing technologies, which increase reliability and prompt information delivery to stakeholders for management decision-making. The purpose of the article is to provide the AIS research domain with an additional impetus for further development based on a comprehensive characterization of quantitative parameters and systematic rethinking of trends in the evolution of the scientific themes. The article contains the methods of bibliometric analysis and chronological literature review based on clustering of keywords from a sample of AIS research indexed in Scopus in 1973–2023. The key findings indicate the nicheness of the AIS research problems, due to which the evaluation of the scientific output requires a multifaceted approach. It is found out which countries, journals, articles and authors play a decisive role in the formation of trends in the AIS research domain. Author keywords are used to assess the content orientation of the AIS research themes and to identify patterns of its evolution. We conclude that there is a content exhaustion in AIS scientific problems and the need to find new objects of research that correspond to the trends of Industry 4.0.

As revistas científicas jogam um papel importante como canal de comunicação dos resultados de pesquisa científica, em todo mundo. Nos últimos anos, aumentou o número de revistas científicas eletrónicas em Angola, apesar da sua pouca visibilidade, no plano internacional. O objectivo deste artigo é descrever o perfil das revistas científicas eletrónicas de Angola. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória e documental, em que foram observadas um total de 14 páginas web de revistas científicas, por meio de um formulário, contendo uma lista de controlo com os seguintes itens: ano de criação, instituição responsável, área do conhecimento, periodicidade das publicações, última publicação, indexação em bases de dados, uso do ORCiD pelos autores e informação sobre data de submissão, aceite e publicação dos originais. Os resultados indicam que mais de metade das revistas científicas são de carácter multidisciplinar e foram criadas no período entre 2012 e 2019; estão vinculadas a Instituições de Ensino Superior e estão indexadas em pelo uma base de dados, sendo de publicações semestrais. No entanto, o estudo também mostra que a maioria não publica, há pelo menos um ano. Conclui-se que o perfil das revistas científicas electrónicas de Angola é reflexo do contexto académico e científico do país, havendo neste domínio muitos desafios a superar.

The proliferation of questionable publishing practices has raised serious concerns in academia, prompting numerous discussions and investigations into the motivations behind researchers’ preference for such journals. In this study, we aimed to explore the impact of current academic performance evaluation systems on scholars’ questionable journal preferences in Turkey. Utilizing data from the comprehensive study conducted by Kulczycki et al. (2021) on questionable journals, we analyzed the academic careers of 398 researchers who authored 417 articles in this context. Our findings reveal a clear association between current research evaluation systems and journal selection, particularly during the process of applying for associate professorship. Notably, 96% of the articles published in questionable journals were listed in scholars’ academic profiles, indicating their use in academic promotion or incentive portfolios. While this study contributes valuable insights into the relationship between academic performance evaluation systems and questionable journal preferences, additional research is required to comprehensively understand the motivations behind scholars’ publishing choices and to devise effective strategies to combat questionable publishing practices in academia.