BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE BRAZILIAN KEYNESIAN ASSOCIATION (2008–2025)

Luciano Luiz Manarin D´Agostini; Bruno Roberto Dammski; Emanuelly Dzierva Vecchi

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BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE BRAZILIAN KEYNESIAN ASSOCIATION (2008–2025)

Autores

Luciano Luiz Manarin D´Agostini
Bruno Roberto Dammski
Emanuelly Dzierva Vecchi

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Artigo (para Associados AKB) / Full papers (AKB members)

Área temática

Área 3. Método, Teorias Econômicas Heterodoxas e História Econômica

Data de Publicação

26/10/2026

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Brasil

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pt-BR

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https://www.even3.com.br/anais/akb2026-697763/1578289-bibliometric-analysis-of-the-annual-meetings-of-the-brazilian-keynesian-association-(20082025)

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978-65-272-2867-7

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Brazilian Keynesian Association; Post-Keynesianism; Bibliometrics; Heterodox Economics; History of Economic Thought.

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Context, Research Problem and Objectives The history of Anglo-American Post-Keynesianism has been explored in works such as those by Lee (2000), King (2002), Mata (2006) and Rochon (2023). However, according to Guizzo (2020), this history remains underrepresented in the field of the history of economic thought when compared to other heterodox traditions. In the case of Latin American Post-Keynesianism, this gap remains particularly evident. Seeking to address this limitation, Guizzo et al. (2024) conducted a bibliometric mapping of the Brazilian Post-Keynesian tradition based on the Lattes and Sucupira platforms of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Since 2008, the Brazilian Keynesian Association (BKA) has consolidated itself as one of the leading institutions dedicated to the dissemination of heterodox economic thought in Brazil. The BKA provides an institutional framework aimed at promoting and disseminating ideas related to Post-Keynesianism. Its main activities include: (i) organizing annual meetings (2008–2025); (ii) publishing, since 2015, the Brazilian Keynesian Review (BKR); (iii) publishing thematic dossiers on a non-regular basis since 2008; (iv) offering courses and short training programs; (v) organizing the BKA School; (vi) promoting scientific dissemination through social media platforms (X, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram); (vii) maintaining institutional communications through its website; and (viii) establishing, since 2019, the Fernando José Cardim de Carvalho Award. The BKA brings together, in its annual meetings, economists and researchers who generally identify themselves as Post-Keynesian, institutionalist, structuralist, developmentalist, and evolutionary economists. It is a pluralistic association characterized by its rejection of orthodox interpretations of Keynes, such as the Neoclassical Synthesis, New Keynesianism, DSGE models, among others. Despite its relevance, systematic studies on the institutional and scientific trajectory of the BKA remain scarce. Little is known about the evolution of the association’s annual meetings, the profile of participating authors, the regional concentration of presentations, the institutions with the greatest academic presence, and the dynamics of continuity or renewal among researchers with accepted papers. Starting from the understanding that scientific meetings constitute privileged spaces for observing research trends, the formation of academic networks, institutional consolidation, and generational renewal dynamics, this manuscript aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the BKA annual meetings between 2008 and 2025. Specifically, the study seeks to: (i) examine the evolution of scientific production; (ii) assess the regional concentration of participating institutions; (iii) classify participating authors as continuants, transients, one-timers, newcomers, or terminators; (iv) elaborate a ranking of the 20 authors with the highest number of accepted papers; (v) identify the 20 institutions with the highest participation of authors; (vi) historically reconstruct the annual meetings by identifying host cities, dates, and host institutions; and (vii) systematize the names of presidents, vice-presidents, and their respective terms of office. This manuscript is organized into four sections in addition to this introduction. The first presents the objectives and methodology of the bibliometric analysis. The second discusses the results. The third presents final considerations and suggestions for future research. Methodology The bibliometric study considers the programs of the BKA Annual Meetings between 2008 and 2025, with the exception of 2009, whose program could not be located or retrieved. From these documents, the names of authors, institutional affiliations, paper titles, and presentation sessions were collected. Information related to non-regular activities — such as keynote lectures, short courses, and roundtables — was excluded in order to avoid analytical distortions. After the standardization of the data, a total of 1,607 records was obtained. Bibliometric analyses were conducted regarding scientific production, authors’ participation, and their institutional affiliations. Authors were classified into five categories — continuants, transients, one-timers, newcomers, and terminators — according to the regularity and permanence of their participation. Additionally, information concerning the association’s presidents and vice-presidents, as well as the host cities of the meetings and the organizing institutions, was systematized. Results and Conclusions The study highlights the growth of the BKA annual meetings over time. In 2008, the first year of the event, 36 papers were accepted, whereas the most recent meetings recorded significantly higher volumes of accepted manuscripts, approaching 170 in both 2024 and 2025. Overall, the trend indicates continuous growth in scientific production accepted at the meetings, except during the online editions held throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. From a regional perspective, the findings reveal a geographical concentration of BKA meetings in the Southeast and South regions of Brazil, especially at public universities with a tradition in heterodox economics, such as the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, State University of Campinas, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Fluminense Federal University, and Federal University of Uberlândia. Given the BKA’s national scope, the results suggest challenges related to decentralization and the expansion of participation among researchers affiliated with institutions in Brazil’s North and Northeast regions. The analysis of institutional affiliations highlights the centrality of specific graduate programs and research groups. In terms of participation, the most prominent institutions were, respectively: UFRJ; tied in second place, UNICAMP and UFU; and tied in third place, UFRGS and UFF. These universities concentrate a significant share of the scientific production presented at BKA meetings, demonstrating their historical importance and longstanding tradition within the association. The categorization of authors into continuants, transients, one-timers, newcomers, and terminators reveals a high degree of turnover at BKA meetings. One-timers — authors with only one publication — account for 62.8% of the total, corresponding to 840 researchers, suggesting that the meetings function as an important space for the entry and circulation of new participants. In contrast, continuants comprise only 98 authors, representing 7.3% of the total, indicating the existence of a relatively stable core throughout the meetings. Transients correspond to 6.1% and newcomers to 4.9%, evidencing an ongoing process of renewal. Terminators account for 18.9%, demonstrating that a significant portion of researchers eventually cease participating in the meetings as authors of manuscripts. Taken together, the results point to the coexistence of high turnover among occasional participants and the permanence of a central core of researchers responsible for the institutional continuity of BKA meetings through recurrent scientific production and the exercise of organizational functions both within and beyond the event. Another relevant aspect of the research concerns the historical process of BKA institutionalization. The systematization of presidencies, vice-presidencies, and annual meetings made it possible to identify: (i) the organizational continuity of the association; (ii) the formation of academic leaderships; (iii) the geographical expansion of the meetings; (iv) the role of host universities; and (v) the association’s capacity for national articulation. The analysis of these data demonstrates the gradual strengthening of the BKA as a structured and nationally recognized scientific association. In summary, the mapped results of the BKA meetings are relevant because they allow for an empirical understanding of the process of institutional and academic consolidation of the BKA. The records demonstrate how the BKA and its meetings became a stable and recognized institutional space within Brazilian heterodox economics. From the perspective of the history of economic thought, such information also made it possible to analyze processes of institutionalization, the formation of scientific networks, and generational renewal among researchers. Finally, the manuscript proposes, as a future research agenda, the development of bibliometric analyses focusing on the participants of BKA meetings. It is recommended to investigate co-authorship networks, thematic areas, and regional and gender distributions. Regarding the papers presented at the meetings, future studies should analyze their subsequent impact on scientific journals, including impact factors, citations, and processes of publication internationalization. Lastly, the study suggests comparing BKA meetings with those of other national and international heterodox associations, as well as examining the links between authors, research funding, and research groups registered on the CNPq Lattes Platform. Keywords: Brazilian Keynesian Association; Post-Keynesianism; Bibliometrics; Heterodox Economics; History of Economic Thought. JEL Classification : B50; B59, A14; I23; D85. REFERENCES Brazilian Keynesian Association. [Collection of programs, abstract books, and proceedings of the International Meetings of the Brazilian Keynesian Association (1st to 10th Meeting, 2008–2017)]. [S. l.]: Brazilian Keynesian Association and partner institutions, 2008–2017. Print. Brazilian Keynesian Association. 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Título do Evento: XIX Encontro da Associação Keynesiana Brasileira
Cidade do Evento: São Cristóvão
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do XIX Encontro da Associação Keynesiana Brasileira
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D´AGOSTINI, Luciano Luiz Manarin; DAMMSKI, Bruno Roberto; VECCHI, Emanuelly Dzierva. BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE BRAZILIAN KEYNESIAN ASSOCIATION (2008–2025).. In: Anais do XIX Encontro da Associação Keynesiana Brasileira. Anais...Aracaju(SE) Hotel Del Mar, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/akb2026-697763/1578289-BIBLIOMETRIC-ANALYSIS-OF-THE-ANNUAL-MEETINGS-OF-THE-BRAZILIAN-KEYNESIAN-ASSOCIATION-(20082025). Acesso em: 06/11/2026