Information flow in Information Science

Trends and directions in Brazilian research

Authors

  • Wilimar Junio Ruas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Marcello Peixoto Bax Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Keywords:

Information flow, Literature reviews

Abstract

It presents the directions or trends of Brazilian research on the topic of Information Flow (FI), revealed in publications in three years (2017-2019) in Brazilian journals in the field of Information Science (CI). Research with a qualitative approach that used bibliographic research as a technical procedure to collect publications in the period of three years, between 2017 and 2019, in the Referential Database of Articles in Journals in Information Science (BRAPCI). The content analysis method and the categorical analysis technique were used to group the 37 selected publications, being classified into four axes: FI in scientific information; FI in document management; FI in organizations; FI and interrelationships. It is evident that IF studies in organizations, as well as their interrelationships with other concepts from CI are presented as directions or trends in Brazilian research.

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Published

2020-01-31

How to Cite

RUAS , W. . J. .; BAX , M. P. . Information flow in Information Science: Trends and directions in Brazilian research. Múltiplos Olhares em Ciência da Informação , Belo Horizonte, v. 9, n. 2, 2020. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/moci/article/view/19134. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.