Visibility of scientific journals: A study based on the Website of Scientific Journals at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

The study addresses the visibility of electronic scientific journals, as well as the characteristics that promote, especially focusing on those hosted on the Portal of Scientific Journals of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The study assesses the degree of visibility of these journals on the Internetby means of their presence in information sources. The theoretical reference addresses the following themes: scientific communication; scientific journals; visibility and searchability; information sources on portal; bibliographic databases and open access. This is a descriptive and exploratory study that combines qualitative and quantitative data. The corpus of research was composed of 34 titles. Essential information about the journals was collected, giving emphasis to the characteristics that promote their visibility. It was found that Human Sciences is the area with the greatest number of journals at the University, 29.4% of all publications. Open access is adopted by all journals in the sample. Once the information sources had been mapped, it was found that the majority of journals appear in the information source Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents, followed by Latindex.Despite thelimitedpresence of the journals in international information sources, it was concluded that the journals hosted on the Website of Scientific Journals seek to adapt to characteristics that promote their visibility. The study suggests a number of new studies, deepens the analyses, and addresses other themes related to visibility and, especially, bibliometric studies.

本研究聚焦电子科学期刊的可见度及其提升特征，尤其以南里奥格兰德联邦大学（Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul）科学期刊门户网站所托管的期刊为研究对象。本研究通过期刊在各类信息源中的收录情况，评估其在互联网上的可见度水平。本研究的理论基础涵盖以下主题：科学传播、科学期刊、可见度与可检索性、门户网站信息源、书目数据库以及开放获取。本研究属于描述性与探索性研究，融合了定性与定量数据。研究样本共包含34种期刊，研究人员收集了期刊的核心信息，重点关注提升其可见度的相关特征。研究发现，人文科学是该校期刊数量最多的学科领域，占总出版物的29.4%；样本中的所有期刊均采用开放获取模式。经对信息源进行梳理后发现，多数期刊被收录于《拉丁美洲期刊目次》（Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents），其次是Latindex。尽管这些期刊在国际信息源中的收录情况有限，但研究仍得出结论：该门户网站所托管的期刊正积极适配有助于提升自身可见度的相关特征。本研究提出了多项后续研究方向，深化了相关分析，并探讨了与可见度相关的其他主题，尤其是文献计量学研究方向。