The impact of term fake news on the scientific community. scientific performance and mapping in web of science
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Alonso García, Santiago; Gómez García, Gerardo; Sanz Prieto, Mariano; Moreno Guerrero, Antonio José; Rodríguez Jiménez, CarmenEditorial
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Fake news Disinformation Internet Scientometrics
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2020-05-08Referencia bibliográfica
García, S. A., García, G. G., Prieto, M. S., Moreno-Guerrero, A., & Jiménez, C. R. (2020). The Impact of Term Fake News on the Scientific Community. Scientific Performance and Mapping in Web of Science. Social Sciences, 9(5), 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9050073
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Junta de Andalucía; University of Granada AREA (HUM-672)Abstract
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.