DYNAMICS OF INTERINSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION IN INFORMATION SCIENCE BASED ON GT-07 OF ENANCIB

Abstract

This article aims to explore institutional collaboration networks among Information Science Graduate Programs in Brazil based on articles published in Working Group 07 of the National Meeting for Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science (Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação), from 2015 to 2025. The study is characterized as a bibliometric, exploratory-descriptive, and applied study. The database of the National Meeting for Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science was used as the data source. In addition to the defined period, with the exception of 2020, due to the suspension of activities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, full papers were prioritized, resulting in a total of 271 articles. The results highlight the Federal University of Pernambuco as the main collaboration hub among Brazilian Information Science Programs, standing out for being located outside the traditional Southeast-South axis. Other programs also emerge as representative hubs: the National Institute of the Atlantic Forest; São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; and the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, considered as a unified entity. The collaborations, with the exception of the latter and including the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, show that relationships among the programs are associated with personal ties and academic supervision relationships.