Revista Educação Especial: a bibliometric study of scientific production in the field of Special Education

Authors

  • Rosemary Cristina da Silva Universidade Federal de São Carlos - SP
  • Maria Cristina P. I. Hayashi Universidade Federal de São Carlos - SP

Keywords:

Scientific production in Special Education, Bibliometric Indicators, Revista Educação Especial, Evaluation.

Abstract

This article presents the results a bibliometric study of the scientific production in the field of Special Education, that aimed to analyze the 147 articles published from 2000-2006 including those published online, totaling 14 issues in the Revista Educação Especial. This journal was chosen as the unit of analysis because it is being the most long-standing journal in the country. The bibliometric analysis of the articles and citations allowed build the following indicators of scientific production: a) for articles published: evolution of articles published; typology of the articles, number of pages of articles, authors of the articles, scientific collaboration in the authorship; productivity authors; transiente of the authors; gender, geographic origin and institutional affiliation of the authors; b) about the citations made by the authors: thematic of the articles, authors of the citations; the source updating level; origin, typology, languages and format of the sources cited; identification of the resources periodic cited; the core of the journal and secondary areas the field of Special Education. The bibliometric analysis this scientific production this journal demonstrated its consolidation in the area of Special Education. The study Bibliometric of citations made by the authors allowed verify the interdisciplinarity of Special Education with other areas of knowledge. It was verified as to represent the field of Special Education as a medium for information, as well as facilitate the dissemination of research carried out in this area.

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Published

2013-06-03

How to Cite

Silva, R. C. da, & Hayashi, M. C. P. I. (2013). Revista Educação Especial: a bibliometric study of scientific production in the field of Special Education. Special Education Magazine, 21(31). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/15

Issue

Revista Educação Especial, v. 21, n. 31, 2008

Section

Continuous Demand

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We declare that all articles present in the journal Revista Educação Especial (UFSM) are originals and were not submitted for publishing on any other publication, as a whole or a fraction.  We also declare that, after being published by Revista Educação Especial (UFSM), a paper will not be submitted to another journal within two years. After this time, our journal transfers the publishing rights to the authors, with a permit granted by the Editorial Council.

We also acknowledge that the originals’ submission to Revista Educação Especial (UFSM) implies on a transference of copyright for physical and digital publishing to the journal. In case of noncompliance, the violator will receive sanctions and penalties predicted by the Brazilian Copyright Protection Law (n. 9610, dated 19/02/98).