THEMATIC BIBLIOMETRICS IN HEALTH INFORMATION
GT11 OF ENANCIB (2021–2024)
Keywords:
thematic bibliometrics, ENANCIB, health informationAbstract
Health information has been a constant presence at the National Meeting on Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science since its inception, appearing in various forms. Against this backdrop, the present research raises the question of how works on this subject have been represented by their authors. The objective of this paper is to conduct a thematic analysis of the scientific output on health information presented at ENANCIB between 2021 and 2024. To this end, the research may be characterized as exploratory and descriptive, employing thematic bibliometric methods. The keywords were analyzed considering semantic proximity, predominant conceptual cores, and conceptual relationships among terms, while preserving the terminological forms used by the authors and resulting in emergent thematic categories. A total of 82 papers were analyzed, encompassing 312 keywords, from which four categories were identified: Information, Systems, and Health Governance; Organization of Information, Knowledge, and Scientific Communication; Information Competencies and Behavior; and Health Contexts and Conditions. Among the findings is the widespread use of general keywords, as well as evidence of how the research presented in GT 11 has diversified — particularly in works focused on specific contexts, populations, and health conditions. Furthermore, it was possible to observe how keywords, even within such a specialized working group, reflect political, social, and epistemological issues within the fields of Information Science and Health, reinforcing the interdisciplinary character of the work produced in this GT.