The theory of data citation: a review of scientific production in Latin America

Abstract: This is a qualitative bibliographic research that sought to identify the state of art regarding the theory of data citation in the scientific production conducted in Latin America. To this end, expressions were established in Portuguese, English, and Spanish about the referred theme which were used to explore the following databases, repositories, and searchers: Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações, Oasisbr, La referencia, Redalyc, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, CAPES Journal Portal, Google Scholar, SciELO and Brapci (Reference Database of Journal Articles in Information Science). After the analysis of the retrieved works, only those papers that discussed the topic of citation of research data were considered in depth, in order to contribute to the reflection on a theory of data citation, totaling 19 papers. It is concluded that there is a significant absence of works in Latin America concerning the theory of citation of data; at the same time, works have been identified, although not referring to a theory itself, offering significant contributions to the topic of citation of research data and that can serve as a basis for the development of papers on the theory of data citation. It was also found that Brazil stood out in the production of papers on citation of research data, and of the 19 papers analyzed in this research, 17 were Brazilian productions.

摘要：本研究为定性文献学研究，旨在厘清拉丁美洲地区科研产出中数据引用理论的研究现状。为此，本研究针对该主题构建了葡萄牙语、英语及西班牙语的检索式，用于检索以下数据库、仓储及检索平台：巴西数字博硕士论文图书馆（Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações）、OASISbr仓储、La Referencia数据库、拉美和加勒比地区学术期刊数据库（Redalyc）、全球博硕士论文数字化图书馆（Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations）、巴西高等教育人员发展协调总署期刊门户（CAPES Journal Portal）、谷歌学术（Google Scholar）、科学电子图书馆（SciELO）以及巴西信息科学期刊文章参考文献数据库（Brapci，Reference Database of Journal Articles in Information Science）。经对检索获取的文献开展初步分析后，仅将深入探讨科研数据引用主题的文献纳入本研究的深度分析环节，以期为数据引用理论的相关反思提供支撑，最终纳入分析的文献共计19篇。研究结论表明，拉丁美洲地区针对数据引用理论的学术文献仍存在显著缺失；与此同时，本研究亦发现部分虽未直接围绕数据引用理论展开，但对科研数据引用主题作出了重要贡献的文献，这些文献可作为数据引用理论相关研究的发展基础。此外，研究发现巴西在科研数据引用主题的文献产出方面表现突出，本研究分析的19篇文献中，有17篇为巴西的研究成果。