The Brazilian and Chinese scientific publication indexed on the Web of Science: analysis of the Information Science area

Abstract This study compares the profile of Brazilian and Chinese scientific publications in Information Science indexed in the Web of Science. The specific objectives are: (a) to survey the number of articles published by each country; (b) identify the characteristics of the journals in which the articles are published; and (c) identify the nationality and type of publishers that edit these journals. The Web of Science search yielded 6,417 articles, with 2,005 articles authored by Brazilian institutions and 4,412 articles authored by Chinese institutions. Of these articles, 29.5% of the Brazilian publications and the majority (99.9%) of the Chinese publications were in English. Brazilian production is published in 99 of the 221 journals, while Chinese is published in 122. Different access models were identified for the articles. Specifically, 91% of Chinese publications were accessible via subscription and 76% of the Brazilians via open access. The highest concentration of journals is in England, the United States, and the Netherlands, with an Impact Factor of less than one. Commercial publishers publish most Chinese articles (92.3%) while Brazilian articles are predominantly available through university publishers with open access repositories (72.3%). It is concluded that the scientific production in the field of Information Science from Brazil and China, as indexed in the Web of Science, exhibits diversified strategies. Brazil stands out for the indexing of national journals and publishing articles in Portuguese that are available through Open Access repositories. On the other hand, China is notable for its publication of articles in English, in journals that are already indexed in the Web of Science, and predominantly edited by commercial publishers. A more internationalized production than the Brazilian one, but with greater dependence on the system by the scientific community.

摘要 本研究针对Web of Science收录的信息科学领域巴西与中国科学出版物展开对比分析。具体研究目标包括：(a) 统计两国各自发表的论文数量；(b) 明确论文刊载期刊的特征；(c) 识别这些期刊的出版方国籍与类型。
Web of Science检索共得到6417篇文献，其中巴西科研机构作为作者单位的论文共2005篇，中国科研机构作为作者单位的论文共4412篇。在这些文献中，巴西出版物中有29.5%为英文文献，而中国出版物中绝大多数（99.9%）为英文文献。巴西的科研成果刊载于221种期刊中的99种，中国的科研成果则刊载于122种期刊中。研究识别出了不同的论文获取模式：具体而言，91%的中国出版物可通过订阅获取，而76%的巴西出版物为开放获取（Open Access）模式。
期刊的主要集中地为英国、美国与荷兰，且此类期刊的影响因子（Impact Factor）均低于1。商业出版机构出版了绝大多数中国论文（92.3%），而巴西论文则主要通过大学出版社的开放获取仓储进行发布（72.3%）。
研究表明，Web of Science收录的巴西与中国信息科学领域科研产出呈现出差异化的发展策略。巴西的突出特点为优先收录本国期刊，且以葡萄牙语发表论文并通过开放获取仓储提供获取渠道；与之相对，中国的显著特征为以英文发表论文，刊载于已被Web of Science收录的期刊中，且出版方多为商业出版机构。中国的科研产出相较于巴西更为国际化，但科研界对现有学术体系的依赖程度也更高。