Análise Altmétrica da Produ??o Científica das Revistas brasileiras em Ciência da Informa??o Qualis A1 (2011-2017) no Mendeley

摘要

Objective: It analyzes the online attention received in Mendeley by Brazilian journals in Information Science Qualis A1 published in the period of 2011-2017. Methods: Of qualitative-quantitative and exploratory character, it applied altmetrics for data analysis. Results: The survey showed that 71.0% of the publications were marked in the Mendeley by at least one user: Transinforma??o (78.0%), Perspectivas em Ciência da Informa??o (71.0%) and Informa??o & Sociedade (67.0%). In the analysis of the markings by occupational profile of the users in Mendeley, masters (22.0%), doctorate (20.0%) and graduate students (16.0%) stand out. Most users are of Brazilian nationality (63.0%), but there are also markers on the European continent: Portugal (10.0%) and Spain (6.0%) and South America: Colombia (8.0%). Conclusions: Concludes that, Mendeley has proven to be an important social media for the altmetrics and evaluating online attention.