PERSPECTIVA TEOLÓGICA: MEMORY, IDENTITY AND BORDERS: BIBLIOMETRIC AND SOCIOMETRIC STUDY OF THE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ON “PERSPECTIVA TEOLÓGICA” JOURNAL FROM 1969 TO 2019.1

Abstract

This article presents a partial result of the research project of production of mapping research in the field of Religion Studies and Theology in Brazil. The specific objective is to analyze the performance and achievements of Perspectiva Teológica, a theological journal of the Graduate Program of Faculdade Jesuita de Filosofia e Teologia (FAJE). This journal started its scientific inquiries in the field of theology in 1969. This paper seeks to identify the main characteristics and themes, which emerged in the different dossiers or articles in the publications of Perspectiva Teológica in order to remember or value the authors, editions, themes of dossiers and cooperation among different authors. Revisiting the historical series of is publications from 1969 to 2019 (1st edition), the journal presents a total of 142 editions and a total of 594 published articles. The bibliometric analysis and social-networking analysis were utilized in this inquiry. As a result, many themes and other characteristics of different dossiers were identified in the different publications since the beginning of the existence of Perspectiva Teológica. Moreover, in relation to mapping of the links between authors and the respective substance of the subjects, there are two identifiable tendencies, which are consolidated as the historical characteristics of the journal's editorial profile, namely knowing or studying the frontier of current issues and ecclesiology.