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Eponyms occur in several areas of knowledge and in the scientific field they are part of the science reward system, as they permanently signal the authors' original contribution to the advancement of knowledge in their areas. In this context, the objective of this article was to elaborate and apply a model of analysis of eponyms present in scientific articles in the field of Bibliometrics. This is an exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative-quantitative methodology and anchored in bibliometric and content analyses. The corpus of analysis consisted of eponyms (n=246) selected from articles (n=104) published in five journals in the field of Information Science. The main results indicated that the most frequent eponyms were the three classical laws of Bibliometrics (Bradford's Law, Lotka's Law and Zipf's Law), followed by eponymous expressions from other areas of knowledge, such as Mathematics and Statistics, as well as the occurrence of obliteration by incorporation arising from the noncitation of the original works that originated the eponyms. Among the eponymists (n=203) one stood out for citing the majority (n=21) of the eponymized (n=38). Thus, by choosing a theoretical framework based on the Sociology of Science and Information Science, the analysis model developed and applied to a set of scientific texts shed light on the understanding of the reward system of science through the study of eponymy in the field of Bibliometrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eponyms are linguistic phenomena present in scientific language in various fields of science. Aiming to contribute to new themes and objects of study in the field of Information Science, this article addresses theoretical and methodological aspects of eponymy in science and the relationship between eponyms and the analysis of citations in scientific texts. The methodology of critical review of the Sociology of Science and Information Science literature was adopted, through the analysis of classics from the literature of these two areas and of other studies on eponymy through data collection in the Portal de Periódicos Capes. The results pointed out the origin, function and limitations of eponyms in scientific texts, the controversies about their use in medical-scientific communication, the female underrepresentation in eponyms of various sciences, the relationship between eponyms and citations, and the occurrence of obliteration. by incorporation into eponymic texts. It was concluded that the study of eponyms contributes to broadening the understanding of scientific recognition in science, but that its presence in scientific texts is challenging for bibliometric studies due to the occurrence of the phenomenon of obliteration by incorporation and the difficulties related to its identification and extraction in scientific databases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Epigraphs are language phenomena that occur in various areas of knowledge and in the scientific field they are a fundamental part of the language and historical culture of science. Theoretically based on Information Science, Sociology of Science, Literature and Linguistics, this article defends the idea that epigraphs in scientific texts can be part of the science reward system because, like citations, they signal the importance and contribution of epigraphed authors to the field of knowledge in which they belong. Objectives: To scrutinize theories and methodologies about the meaning of epigraphs in scientific texts; develop and apply a model for the analysis of epigraphs inserted in doctoral theses in the field of Information Science. Method: Exploratory and descriptive research based on bibliometric and content analysis. Results: The theoretical notes addressed the origin and functions of epigraphs; the analysis model included information related to the epigraph, the epigraphed and the epigrapher. The types (authentic, inexact, apocryphal, autograph and anonymous), genre (prose, poetry), functions (direct, oblique and epigraph-effect), implicit scientific, literary, religious, political and institutional discourses of the epigraphs and the authors most epigraphed were identified. Conclusion: The analysis of the epigraphs demonstrated strategies of legitimation, affiliation and intellectual influences of the epigraphers and the scientific recognition of the epigraphed for the field of knowledge in which they belong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the urgent need for recognition of the Executive Secretariat in Brazil by local evaluation and research promotion agencies, the purpose of this research is to make notes on the process of scientific institutionalization of the field, considering the idiosyncrasies of its structural components and scientific production. For this, the Graduation Courses, the scientific communication vehicles, the researchers and the dynamics of their scientific production are analyzed, in a time frame of 21 years (1997-2018). It is a qualiquantitative, analytical research, which uses the survey as a collection method and Scientometrics as a method of analysis. As result, the distribution of courses and researchers have presented; the culture of scientific communication; the ranking of journals and more recurrent events; the productivity of researchers and institutions; and scientific collaboration among these components. By exploring the analytical potential of such indicators, it is possible to conclude that four backgrounds should make up the agenda of the community cited concerning its scientific positioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the academic context, the obituaries of scientists and intellectuals express the scientific recognition of those who contributed to expanding knowledge in their areas of expertise, and at the same time they can reveal a type of post-mortem evaluation. Grounded on the theoretical framework of the Sociology of Science and with a multimethod research design based on the contributions of bibliometric and content analysis, this article analyzes academic obituaries (n=131) published in Revista Pesquisa FAPESP between 1999 and 2021. The main results showed that the obituaries of men (n=109) prevailed over those of women (n=22). 96% of obituaries were born between the 1910s and 1950s, and the majority (n=123) died between 1990 and 2010. The most common causes of death were cardiovascular diseases and cancer, and the age of death varied between 45 and 100 years, suggesting a high longevity among scientists and intellectuals, revealing the occurrence of the phenomenon of academic intergenerationality. The personal and academic virtues, scientific leadership, and inspirational role of deceased scientists and intellectuals revealed recognition expressed in micronarratives of talent and merit that can be considered a postmortem assessment of academic achievement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]