The academic social network researchgate as a mechanism of visibility and internationalization of the brazilian and portuguese scientific production in the field of Library Science and Information Science

ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the problem of the communication in the scientific communities from the Librarianship and Information Sciences areas and how online social networks are configured as new spaces for the availability of the scientific documentation and interaction of researchers. The focus of this study is the contribution of the online presence of researchers in the areas under analysis to promote the visibility and internationalization of the academic work developed. A survey of the presence of these researchers in the Social ResearchGate Network (http://www.ResearchGate.net), their motivations and perceptions about the importance of this presence for the visibility and internationalization of the research work carried out. The motivations that led us to choose as research scenarios these scientific communities in the Brazilian and Portuguese context, among various aspects, we highlight the identification with the theme, and the interest in contributing with the scientific community of this area in the context of Brazil and Portugal , from the results of this research which will highlight the indicators and the necessary subsidies for the discussion in this area, focusing on the following axes: internationalization and visibility, digital technologies and higher education and communication of the network science. The analysis of these results can generate an understanding of the role played by these new hybrid spaces between archive and space of interaction, in the dynamics of the communication from the academic and scientific community in the Librarianship and Information Science areas.

Keywords:
Science communication; Social network; Visibility; Internationalisation; Library science; Information science