The Brazilian National Impact: Movement of Journals Between Bradford Zones of Production and Consumption

A specific aspect of the scientific communication in non-English-speaking countries is the need for insertion in the global knowledge flows since a significant part of their publications occurs in national or regional journals. This had led many countries to create alternative ways to assess national journals, allowing a more trustworthy view of the national scientific production. This study aimed to characterize the journals used in the Brazilian scientific production in Web of Science and SciELO, in order to observe the dynamics along five triennia and across the Bradford Zones for both production and consumption in the different areas. Bradford zones showed to be an interesting relative indicator, when applied to evaluative purposes. Especially the joint analysis of production and consumption dimensions can bring a more complete view of the scientific communication system, and this study showed the flows of journals through zones in both dimensions. Conference Topic Country-level studies