Bibliometric Study on the Profile of Agroecology Research in Journals of Agrarian Sciences

Abstract

There are few Brazilian researches of scientific production in the field of Agrarian Sciences that are dedicated to the field of organic production presenting the Agroecology as a science with themes, references, authors and methodological approaches. Therefore, this study proposes to study the profile of studies on the theme of Agroecology published in agrarian science journals qualis A1, A2 and B1 from 2011 to 2022. The concern of this study is to understand: how Agroecology is being portrayed and which designs are being taken in Brazilian journals of Agrarian Sciences. The study is supported by bibliographic analysis research, which will help to quantify and analyze all selected scientific production (Cooper & Lindsay, 1998; Leite Filho, 2006). All data collection took place between articles published from the end of 2011 to the beginning of 2022. After selection, the material was cataloged in the Mendeley Desktop software. The Qualitative Data Analysis tool was fundamental in this process, once it helped in the tabulation, creation of graphics and as a subsidy of descriptive and qualitative statistics in the analysis of data while support of studies coming from Critical Ecosystem Linguistics. The results of this study show that a considerable part of the research focuses precisely on the question of organic agriculture, without opening up to a greater understanding of Agroecology, so that it also leaves aside the interdisciplinary character of Agroecology. Most of the articles are signed by a group of authors, which demonstrates a sharing of knowledge and knowledge.