Thematic Identification of “Little Science”: Trends in Portuguese IS&LS Literature by Controlled Vocabulary and Co-Word Analysis

Authors

  • Silvana Roque de Oliveira Facultad de Documentación, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
  • Catarina Moreira Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID, Portugal
  • José Borbinha Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID, Portugal
  • María Ángeles Zulueta Garcia Facultad de Documentación, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

Keywords:

Thematic identification, controlled vocabulary analysis, co-word analysis, information visualisation, “little science”, Information Science & Library Science, Portugal

Abstract

This study presents an overview of IS&LS thematic trends in Portugal between 2001 and 2012. The results were obtained by means of an analysis, using expeditious qualitative and quantitative techniques, of the bibliographic records of proceedings papers identified during this period. These records were processed using  two techniques: a manual subject classification and an automated co-word analysis of the Author-Assigned Keywords. From this we designed cluster and co-occurrence maps, using the VOSviewer and the Pajek software packages.  The results indicated an accentuated dynamism in the thematic evolution of this documental corpus, apart from revealing a significant difference among the themes transmitted in nationally and internationally visible production.

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Published

2017-06-06

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2015): June 2015 Issue

Section

Articles