An overview of the literature related to social representations published in scientific journals

Abstract

The present study aims at characterizing part of the academic production on social representations published in scientifi c journals, so as to provide information about the development and current state of the fi eld. In August and September 2013 2526 abstracts of papers published in journals indexed in four databases were retrieved, all of which were about social representations. For each abstract registers were made concerning the country in which the fi rst author's institution was located, publication year, journal discipline and categorized information relative to the studied group and social objects. The results confi rmed and expanded previously conducted meta-analyses, giving evidence of a contrast between applied studies in the health area involving related groups and objects, more typical from South America and Brazil, and psychosocial research linked to the psychology fi eld and carried out mostly by European researchers. A considerable increase in the importance of the participation of Brazilian and South American authors relative to the total production was also noticed, replacing authors from European institutions as leaders according to that criterion.Keywords: Social representations, scientifi c production, bibliographic research, Bibliometrics. Um Panorama da Literatura Relacionada às Representações Sociais Publicada em Periódicos Científi cos ResumoO presente estudo visa a caracterizar parte da produção acadêmica sobre representações sociais publicada em periódicos científi cos, de modo a fornecer informações sobre o desenvolvimento e estado atual do campo. Em agosto e setembro de 2013 foram obtidos 2526 resumos de artigos publicados em periódicos indexados em quatro bases de dados, todos sobre representações sociais. Para cada resumo foram registrados o país da instituição do primeiro autor, ano de publicação, disciplina do periódico e informações categorizadas relativas aos grupos e objetos sociais estudados. Os resultados confi rmaram e expandiram meta-análises realizadas anteriormente, evidenciando uma contraposição entre estudos aplicados na área de saúde com grupos e objetos relacionados, mais típicos da América do Sul e Brasil e pesquisas psicossociais ligadas à área da psicologia e realizadas por pesquisadores principalmente do continente Wachelke, J., Matos, F. R., Ferreira, G. C. S., Costa, R. R. L. 294europeu. Nota-se também um aumento de importância considerável na participação de primeiros autores brasileiros e sul-americanos em relação ao total, tornando-se líder no volume de produção acadêmica na área, substituindo autores provenientes de instituições europeias. Palavras-chave:Representações sociais, produção científi ca, pesquisa bibliográfi ca, Bibliometria. Una Visión General de la Literatura Relacionada con las Representaciones Sociales Publicadas en Revistas Científi cas ResumenEl presente estudio tiene como objetivo caracterizar parte de la producción académica sobre las representaciones sociales publicada en revistas científi cas, para proporcionar información sobr...

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