The Impact of Term Fake News on the Scientific Community. Scientific Performance and Mapping in Web of Science

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ID5934942
AutoresSantiago Alonso García (0000-0002-9525-709X, Universidad de Granada), Gerardo Gómez García (0000-0002-1123-5572, Universidad de Granada, autor de correspondencia), Mariano Sanz Prieto (0000-0001-6907-468X, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero (0000-0003-3191-2048, Universidad de Granada), Carmen Rodríguez Jiménez (0000-0001-8623-8316, Universidad de Granada)
Año2020
Volumen9
Número5
Páginas73
Fecha de publicación2020-05-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci9050073
OpenAlexW3021621101
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas43

Nowadays, multiple phenomena have promoted an impact on society, constituting in some cases, not only a contribution of benefits but also of risks. Among them, the fake news phenomenon is considered one of the most burning phenomena today due to the risk it poses to society. In view of this situation, the research community has carried out numerous studies that seek to address this issue from a multidisciplinary perspective. Based on this, the objective of this work was to analyze the productivity and, therefore, the impact of this topic in the research community. To this end, this work advocated a scientometric-type methodology, through scientometric laws, impact indicators, and scientific evolution of 640 publications of the web of science (WOS). The results showed the impact of the fake news discipline today, which is considered an emerging issue that is of interest to many knowledge disciplines around the world. Likewise, the results showed that the publications not only have a focus on analyzing the veracity or not of the news, but that it begins to vertebrate a new line of an investigation directed to the informational education and towards the prevention of the consumption of this type of news through the internet

Data science · Epistemology · Internet privacy · Multidisciplinary approach · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Political science · Productivity · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · Work (physics · World Wide Web · Communication and COVID-19 Impact · Computer Science · Engineering · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Scientific Research and Technology