Altmetrics studies emerged ten years ago in the Global North context and after a few years
spread around the world. The paper investigates who are the Latin American researchers …

As society develops, the number of published research articles raises. Besides, the pressure
to publish has been increased because the competitiveness between researchers working …

Analyzing the research productivity of a country, an academic institution or even a single
research group contributes to understand how science evolves and discovers new research …

The large amount of publicly available scholarly data today has allowed exploration of new
aspects of research collaboration, such as the evolution of scientific communities, the impact …

The identification of reputable entities is an important task in business, education, and many
other fields. On the other hand, as an arguably subjective, multi-faceted concept, quantifying …

The notions of reputation and popularity in academia are critical for taking decisions on
research grants, faculty position tenure, and research excellence awards. These notions are …

Static rankings of papers play a key role in the academic search setting. Many features are
commonly used in the literature to produce such rankings, some examples are citationbased …

Studying research productivity is a challenging task that is important for understanding how
science evolves and crucial for agencies (and governments). In this context, we propose an …

Static rankings of papers play a key role in the academic search setting. Many features are
commonly used in the literature to produce such rankings, some examples are citation …

This article presents a summary of the main activities of the Database & Information Systems
Research Group at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and the …