Home-office in scientific output of Latin America and Caribbean

evolution and impulse in the Covid-19 pandemic

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Abstract

Home-office is a relevant topic in the working world and was impulsed by the Covid-19 pandemic, since it required an adaptation of work to the social distancing. This article analyzes the scientific output of Latin American and Caribbean countries on home-office in the two most recent decades. With a scientometric approach based on data from articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) and SciELO Citation Index (SciELO CI), it analyzes evolution of studies, regional and international journals, geographic and thematic distribution, and collaboration in papers co-authorship. The results show a developing theme, with intense growth since the Covid-19 pandemic, which combines a priority focus on local journals and languages with publication in international channels. The subject, which is more explored in Social Sciences, has low international collaboration, and is developed around central themes such as teleworking, health, education and Covid-19. It concludes that the impulse received by the subject during the Covid-19 pandemic tends to broaden and diversify the researches and discussions on home-office as a temporary, exceptional or systematic form of work in contemporary society.

Keywords: Home-office. Teleworking. Scientific output. Covid-19. Latin America and Caribbean.

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Gonzalo Rubén Alvarez, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Doutor em Comunicação e Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Professor Adjunto 1 A do Departamento de Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

Dirce Maria Santin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutora em Comunicação e Informação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Bibliotecária do Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Published

2023-03-30

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Alvarez, G. R., & Santin, D. M. (2023). Home-office in scientific output of Latin America and Caribbean: evolution and impulse in the Covid-19 pandemic. Ciência Da Informação Em Revista, 8(3), 109–126. Retrieved from https://seer.ufal.br/index.php/cir/article/view/13088

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Relatos de Pesquisa | Research Reports