The theory of data citation: a review of scientific production in Latin America

Abstract:

This is a qualitative bibliographic research that sought to identify the state of art regarding the theory of data citation in the scientific production conducted in Latin America. To this end, expressions were established in Portuguese, English, and Spanish about the referred theme which were used to explore the following databases, repositories, and searchers: Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações, Oasisbr, La referencia, Redalyc, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, CAPES Journal Portal, Google Scholar, SciELO and Brapci (Reference Database of Journal Articles in Information Science). After the analysis of the retrieved works, only those papers that discussed the topic of citation of research data were considered in depth, in order to contribute to the reflection on a theory of data citation, totaling 19 papers. It is concluded that there is a significant absence of works in Latin America concerning the theory of citation of data; at the same time, works have been identified, although not referring to a theory itself, offering significant contributions to the topic of citation of research data and that can serve as a basis for the development of papers on the theory of data citation. It was also found that Brazil stood out in the production of papers on citation of research data, and of the 19 papers analyzed in this research, 17 were Brazilian productions.

Keywords:
Open Science; Open Data; Data Citation Theory; Information Science