THE EXTENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AUTHORSHIP OF ARTICLES ON SCIENTOMETRICS AND BIBLIOMETRICS IN BRAZIL

The publications in scientometrics and bibliometrics with Brazilian authorship expanded exponentially in the 1990-2006 period, reaching 13 times in the Web of Science database and 19.5 times in the Google Scholar database. This increase is rather superior to that of the total Brazilian scientific production in the same time period (5.6 times in the Web of Science). Some characteristics to be noticed in this rise are: 1) The total number of articles during this period was 197; in that, 78% were published in 57 Brazilian journals and 22% in 13 international journals. 2) The national and international articles averaged 4.3 and 5.9 citations/article, respectively; two journals stood out among these, the national Ciencia da Informacao (44 articles averaging 6.7 citations/article) and the international Scientometrics (32 articles averaging 6.2 citations/article). 3) The articles encompass an impressive participation of authors from areas other than information science; only one-fourth of the authors are bound to the information science field, the remaining ones being distributed among the areas of humanities/business administration, biology/biomedicine, health and hard sciences. The occurrence of adventitious authors at this level of multidisciplinarity is uncommon in science. However, the possible benefits of such patterns are not clear in view of a fragmented intercommunication among the authors, as noticed through the citations. The advantages of changing this trend and of using other scientometric and bibliometric databases, such as SciELO, to avoid an almost exclusive use of the Web of Science database, are discussed.

Solar energy exhibits at the popular science park Teknoland

The new Popular Science Park TEKNOLAND in Falun contains a number of interactive solar energy exhibits, including The Solar Heated Chess Board, The Solar Electric Playhouse, The Sudanese Solar Oven, and Solar Collector Optics. The TeknoTrix tutored children activities include solar thermal activities. Some related interactive exhibits are planned to be included during the summer and during coming years.

ICT for growth and equality: renewing strategies for the information society. Summary

Includes bibliography

Monitoring of the Plan of Action eLAC2010: Advances and challenges of the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Public policies for the information society: a shared vision?

Includes bibliography

Benchmarking the plan of action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Latin America and the Caribbean (version 3.0)

Includes bibliography

Toward a conceptual framework and public policy agenda for the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Education, communication and culture in the information society: a Latin American perspective

Includes bibliography

Resolution 629(XXXI): Follow-up to the Plan of Action for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Resolution 653(XXXIII) Follow-up to the Plan of Action for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Resolution 637(XXXII) Follow-up to the Plan of Action for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography