Linhagem genealógica e visibilidade de pesquisadores do grupo de pesquisa informação, aprendizagem e conhecimento: contribuições para Ciência da Informação

Abstract

The dissertation entitled “Genealogical Lineage and Visibility of Researchers from the Information, Learning and Knowledge Research Group: contributions to Information Science” explores the paths of intellectual and scientific inheritance, which have been largely overlooked in the field of Information and Knowledge Management (IKM). The central research question was: how can the academic genealogy (AG) of the GIACO Research Group be modeled based on the academic lineage and scientific output of its members, and what are its contributions to strengthening Information Science (IS) in Brazil? With clearly defined objectives, the study aimed to analyze the academic genealogy of the most visible leaders and faculty members of GIACO in order to outline the profile of actors within the genealogical network (academic “children” and “grandchildren”); identify advisory relationships within graduate programs (stricto sensu); map the scientific production recorded in Lattes curricula; highlight the most influential academic ancestors; assess AG as a boundary object; demonstrate the intellectual heritage of the group’s leadership; and represent its genealogical tree according to scientific visibility. The adopted methodology involved metric and relational analysis using data from the Lattes Platform, enabling the construction of GIACO’s academic genealogical trees. The document typologies and advisory links revealed a robust interdisciplinary structure, positioning the group as a “boundary object” across knowledge areas. The application of the Intellectual Heritage Index (HI) made it possible to identify the five most prominent researchers in the group: Emeide Nóbrega Duarte (HI = 7.874), Alzira Karla Araújo da Silva (HI = 3.196), Miguel Angel Esteban Navarro (HI = 1.235), Raquel do Rosário Santos (HI = 1.230), and Marynice de Medeiros Matos Autran (HI = 1.008). As a result, the research confirmed that GIACO is currently the largest and most productive IKM research group in Brazil’s North and Northeast regions, and the second largest in the country, with a total HI of 11.070. The genealogical trees developed in the study revealed different dimensions of AG: historical, honorific, paradigmatic, and analytical. The thesis offers theoretical, methodological, and technological contributions to understanding the dynamics of formation, production, and influence of scientific networks in Brazilian IS, highlighting the importance of academic memory and institutional visibility in strengthening the IKM field.