BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICIES FOR FAMILY AGRICULTURE IN BRAZIL/Analise bibliometrica das politicas publicas para a agricultura familiar no Brasil

This article presents a mapping of scientific production on public policies for family farming, based on a bibliometric analysis of the literature present in the Google Scholar database. By demonstrating the evolution and bibliographic profile of this production, it is verified whether such publications indicate the construction of a collective space capable of socializing the knowledge already accumulated and, at the same time, stimulating new theories and approaches. We analyzed 512 scientific publications (works published in proceedings, articles and books) present in the Google Scholar database, from 1947 to 2021, linked to the theme. The main results were: the existence of three periods in relation to the evolution of the number of publications on the topic and the presence of authors and classic themes. In the most recent phases, there is a large increase in the number of authors, but few authors have centrality and have great influence on the others. There was an expressive dispersion regarding the central themes, which indicates the inexistence of a specific field of studies, but suggests the beginning of a path to the construction of a collective of authors. Finally, the research made possible a broad and multifaceted portrait of public policies for family farming in Brazil. Keywords: Family farming; public policy; collective of authors; Google Scholar; bibliometrics. Este artigo apresenta um mapeamento da producao cientifica sobre as politicas publicas para a agricultura familiar, a partir da analise bibliometrica da literatura presentes na base Google Scholar. Ao demonstrar a evolucao e o perfil bibliografico dessa producao buscou-se verificar se tais publicacoes indicam a construcao de um espaco coletivo capaz de socializar os conhecimentos ja acumulados e, ao mesmo tempo, estimular novas teorias e abordagens. Foram analisadas 512 publicacoes cientificas (trabalhos publicados em anais, artigos e livros) presentes na base de dados Google Scholar, no periodo de 1947 ate 2021, vinculadas ao tema. Destacaram-se como resultados principais: a existencia de tres periodos com relacao a evolucao do numero de publicacoes sobre o assunto e a presenca de autores e temas classicos. Nas fases mais recentes observou-se grande aumento do numero de autores, mas poucos com significativa centralidade e influencia sobre os demais. Constatou-se uma dispersao expressiva quanto as tematicas centrais, o que sugere a inexistencia de um campo especifico relacionado ao e