Authories and research approaches on folksonomies in national and international literature

Abstract

Studies issues concerning researchers and investigations into Folksonomies in the last five years in the national and international contexts of the area of ​​Information Science and related areas. Investigate aspects concerning authorship and research trends on Folksonomies, taking into account their objectives and reflections. Methodology is bibliographic, exploratory, descriptive research with a qualitative approach, focusing on national and international research produced and published in the last five years. Uses 89 (eighty-nine) scientific productions as the final research corpus, including journal articles, annals of technical-scientific events, book chapters, theses and dissertations. Results, it presents seven thematic research focuses, which gained greater prominence in the period exposed, which demonstrate a wide diversity of thematic approaches, with particular emphasis on the sphere of content production aimed at improving resource recommendations in data recovery systems. information. Lists the researchers who were most prominent in the literature in the five-year period in question. Regarding dissertations and theses on Folksonomies, the authors are presented, the institutions whose research was defended and the respective areas of knowledge in which they are linked. Shows that scientific productions on Folksonomies are published in Information Science and in related areas such as: Interactive Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, Linguistics, Sociology, for example. Finally, it appears that the majority of publications on the subject are present in periodical publications, especially national scientific journals in the area of ​​Communication and Information.