The Contribution of Open Science Research in Geosciences to Other Fields of Knowledge: A Bibliometric Analysis

The field of Geosciences has made significant contributions to the advancement of the Open Science movement. As a data-intensive domain, its engagement with this movement has fostered the expansion and use of FAIR data, open data, open and reproducible research practices, as well as open access to scientific publications and to the databases produced within the field. This study aims to visualize and analyze the contribution of Open Science research in Geosciences to other fields of knowledge, based on the citations received by these publications. To this end, a bibliometric analysis was conducted on documents indexed in the Scopus database, selected for its consistent classification of Subject Areas, particularly those limited to Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The search strategy yielded 2,892 publications related to Open Science in the context of Geosciences. The analysis of citing documents revealed that 27 fields of knowledge refer to these publications, with particular prominence given to Social Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, and Energy. Additionally, keyword co-occurrence and co-authorship analyses were performed in order to identify the main research themes, patterns of scientific collaboration, and core clusters of intellectual production associated with Open Science in Geosciences. These procedures made it possible to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the field and the role of Geosciences as a vector for the diffusion of open practices across other areas of knowledge. It is concluded that Open Science research developed within Geosciences exerts a significant influence on multiple scientific domains, contributing to the consolidation of collaborative, transparent, and data-sharing-oriented research practices.