The functionality and performance of CAPES Journal Gateway among researchers of the Communication and Information Science areas at the Federal University of Bahia

Abstract

The research attempts to define parameters and criteria that allow to study and survey the functionality and the performance of electronic resources regarding their interface with users. A selected group of researchers of the areas of Communication and Information Science of the Federal University of Bahia was investigated. According to the results CAPES Journal Gateway has a good performance, although it needs some essential improvements in the layout and also in its usability and readability.