Visualization of open data in the context of graduate studies in Information Science: bibliometric analysis of the defended studies

The visualization of open data has become an indication of credibility on the part of institutions in different social segments, including research institutions. Within this theme, this study aimed to present the panorama of academic production in Brazilian Graduate Studies in the area of Information Science. The studies defended in the theses and dissertations in the Postgraduate Programs in this area were defined as a cut of analysis, based on the analysis of the following facets: year, program modality, academic degree of the courses, types of production, programs and institutions offering . This is a descriptive and quantitative study, whose data were collected through a bibliometric survey carried out in the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations, within the scope of the Open Data Plan of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. The results revealed a gradual growth between general production, programs and courses, prevalence of dissertations and a heterogeneous distribution between programs and institutions, located in different Brazilian regions. It was concluded that the research defended in the Graduate Programs are visible in the Open Data Plan, that the area of Information Science is in development and that the data allow cross-sectional analysis that can benefit educational policies.