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Paulo Vicente is a PhD student in Information Science at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, and a PhD Student Fellow funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). He is an affiliated researcher at the University of Coimbra’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), Group 7 — Digital Humanities. He is a member of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) – Iberian Chapter, the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). He is Chair-elect of ASIS&T’s Special Interest Group for Classification and Metadata Research. His publications and conference presentations have focused primarily on the representation of sexual orientation in bibliographic classification systems. His research interests include scholarly communication; the epistemology of Information Science; Knowledge Organisation—particularly classification theory and the representation of the human entity in knowledge organisation systems—and hermeneutics as a method in Knowledge Organisation. Paulo Vicente é estudante do Doutoramento em Ciência da Informação da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, sendo bolseiro de doutoramento pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. É investigador colaborador do Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares (CEIS20) da Universidade de Coimbra, no Grupo 7 — Humanidades Digitais. É membro da International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) – Capítulo Ibérico, da International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics e da Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). É Chair-elect do special interest group for Classification and Metadata Research da ASIS&T. As suas publicações e comunicações em congressos têm-se debruçado, sobretudo, sobre a representação do conceito de orientação sexual em sistemas de classificação bibliográfica. Os seus interesses de investigação residem na comunicação académica, na epistemologia da Ciência da Informação, na Organização do Conhecimento, sobretudo na teoria da classificação e na representação do ente humano em sistemas de organização do conhecimento, e na hermenêutica enquanto método na Organização do Conhecimento.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
PAULO MIGUEL OLIVEIRA VICENTE
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Vicente, Paulo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
211D-7A6F-DA65
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7488-592X

Email addresses

  • pvicente@student.uc.pt (Professional)
  • paulomovicente@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Information Science
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Information and Library Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Arab Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09/06 - 2026
Ongoing
Ciência da Informação (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2022/09/06 - 2023/05/20
Concluded
Ciência da Informação (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
19 valores
2020/10/19 - 2022/01/31
Concluded
Ciências da Informação (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Aberta, Portugal
19 valores
2017/07/15 - 2021/12/06
Concluded
Inovação em Artes Culinárias (Mestrado)
Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento e aceitabilidade de massas-mãe fermentadas com leveduras endógenas de Pera Rocha do Oeste DOP, Maçã Bravo de Esmolfe DOP e Pistacia lentiscus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18 valores
2014/09/08 - 2017/09/29
Concluded
Produção Alimentar em Restauração (Licenciatura)
Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal
18 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/07/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares (CEIS20) da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares (CEIS20) da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/06/01 - 2024/11/03 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Freguesia de Odeceixe, Portugal
2021/07/01 - 2022/05/31 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Freguesia de Odeceixe, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/09/20 - Current Chair-elect of the special interest group for Classification and Metadata Research Association for Information Science and Technology, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/12/01 - Current Literary warrant and scholarly warrant in the Universal Decimal Classification: a domain-analytical study of the representation of psychiatric knowledge
2024.03960.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares (CEIS20) da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Vicente, Paulo; Maria José Pires; Félix, Nelson. "Development and acceptance of sourdough breads fermented by endogenous yeasts of Pyrus communis, Malus domestica and Pistacia lentiscus". In Experiencing and Envisioning Food: Designing for Change, edited by Bonacho, Ricardo; Eidler, Mariana; Sonia Massari; Maria José Pires, 217-223. CRC Press, 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003386858-31
Conference abstract
  1. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Jamie Johnston. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Domain analysis’ bibliometric and terminological studies: a methodological avenue to evaluate the literary warrant of knowledge classification systems". Metz, 2026.
    Accepted
  2. Vicente, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Information technology anxiety and information overload: a case study at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra". Coimbra, 2025.
    Published
  3. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Jamie Johnston. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "The sentiment shift and evolution of the cognitive structure of Psychiatry: a preliminary AI-driven analysis of scientific discourse". Istambul, 2025.
    In press
  4. Vicente, Paulo; Borges, Maria Manuel. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Linguistic diversity in Digital Humanities: bibliometric analysis in Web of Science and Scopus". Lisboa, 2025.
    In press
  5. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Freitas, Maria Cristina Vieira de; Cardoso, Maria Manuela Tavares de Matos. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Universal Decimal Classification: Negative bias and misrepresentation of sexual orientation". Oslo, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Cardoso, Maria Manuela Tavares de Matos. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Representation of the concept of sexual orientation in library classifications: a comparative analysis between the Universal Decimal Classification and the Library of Congress Classification". Madrid, 2023.
    Published
  2. Terra, Ana Lúcia; Vicente, Paulo. "O papel social das bibliotecas municipais portuguesas: um levantamento dos serviços direcionados para doentes de Alzheimer". Faro, 2023.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.48798/congressobad.2998
Conference poster
  1. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Jamie Johnston. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "The cognitive structure of psychiatry prior to COVID-19: a bibliometric analysis". 2026.
  2. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Jamie Johnston. "Where AI Meets Suicide, Self-Harm, and Substance Abuse: a Bibliometric Study of Mental Health Literature, 2020–2025". 2026.
Edited book
  1. Vicente, Paulo; Ferreira, Beatriz Barrocas; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Gomes, Liliana Esteves; Nunes, Manuela Barreto, ed. Proceedings of the BOBCATSSS 2024 Conference: Information Profession and Sustainable Development, 23–25 January 2024, Coimbra, Portugal. Coimbra, Portugal: CEIS20 — Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies. 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.48552/ck40-6q78 • Editor
Journal article
  1. Vicente, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Foucauldian discourse analysis in Information Science: bibliometric study". Scire: Representación y Organización del Conocimiento (2026):
    Open access • Under revision
  2. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Jamie Johnston. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Evaluating literary and scholarly warrants in bibliographical classifications: a methodological endeavour". Páginas a&b: arquivos e bibliotecas (2025): 145-162. https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/paginasaeb/article/view/15307.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.21747/21836671/pagespa9
  3. Vicente, Paulo; Marques, Maria Beatriz; Gomes, Liliana Esteves; Silva, Carlos Guardado da. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Information Science in the University of Coimbra: an epistemological study of the master’s and Ph.D. research". Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra (2025):
    Open access • Under revision
  4. Vicente, Paulo; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Freitas, Maria Cristina Vieira de; Cardoso, Maria Manuela Tavares de Matos. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Prejudice but no pride: The Portuguese Universal Decimal Classification’s labelling of sexual orientation". IFLA Journal 50 1 (2024): 108-117. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03400352231205712.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231205712
  5. Vicente, Paulo. Corresponding author: Vicente, Paulo. "Exploring and depicting information pathologies: A case study of information technology anxiety and information overload". Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 47 2 (2024): 99-107. https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjils/article/view/17683.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.5206/cjils-rcsib.v47i2.17683
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/14 Domain analysis’ bibliometric and terminological studies: a methodological avenue to evaluate the literary warrant of knowledge classification systems
Université de Lorraine (Metz, France)
2025/07/18 Linguistic diversity in Digital Humanities: bibliometric analysis in Web of Science and Scopus
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/01/23 The sentiment shift and evolution of the cognitive structure of Psychiatry: a preliminary AI-driven analysis of scientific discourse (presented by Jamie Johnston)
Faculty of Letters of the University of Istanbul (Istambul, Turkey)
2024/11/22 Literary warrant and scholarly warrant in the Universal Decimal Classification: a domain-analytical study of the representation of psychiatric knowledge
Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação (Grupo de Trabalho de Ciência da Informação) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/01/23 Information technology anxiety and information overload: a case study at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/10/26 Representation of the concept of sexual orientation in library classifications: a comparative analysis between the Universal Decimal Classification and the Library of Congress Classification
Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2023/01/26 Universal Decimal Classification: Negative bias and misrepresentation of sexual orientation
Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) (Oslo, Norway)
2022/04/29 Development and acceptance of sourdough breads fermented by endogenous yeasts of Pyrus communis, Malus domestica and Pistacia lentiscus
Food Design for Opportunities, Research & Knowledge (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/22 - Current Knowledge Organization meets Artificial Intelligence in theory and practice (2025/11/14 - 2025/11/14)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Association for Information Science and Technology, United States
2024/11/12 - Current VII Workshop de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação, promovido pela Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação (Grupo de Trabalho de Ciência da Informação) (2024/11/22 - 2024/11/22)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/11/17 - 2024/11/15 BOBCATSSS 2024 Conference: Information Profession and Sustainable Development – Member of the Students’ Organising Committee (2024/01/23 - 2024/01/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/04/24 - 2025/04/24 Lecture entitled “Ethics in Knowledge Organisation: the representation of the concept of sexual orientation in bibliographic classifications”, delivered to students on the Master’s in Information Science, as part of the seminar on Information and Digital Knowledge Organisation
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2024/11/19 - 2024/11/19 Presentation of the research “Universal Decimal Classification: inadequacy and biases in the representation of sexual orientation” at the event “Autumn Talk: Libraries as trusted hubs: a 360° view of the value of inclusion in higher education libraries: practices, spaces and digital services”, organised by the Higher Education Libraries Working Group
Other
Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas, Profissionais da Informação e Documentação, Portugal
2024/09/02 - 2024/09/06 Participant of the European Summer School for Scientometrics (3 ECTS credits)
Other
Universität Wien, Austria
2024/01/24 - 2024/01/24 Moderator of Session E1 – LIS Studies on Gender and Diversity
Conference
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/11/09 - 2023/11/09 Oral presentation of the paper “Universal Decimal Classification: Negative bias and misrepresentation of sexual orientation” to students on the Informasjons- og kulturinstitusjoner (Institutions Promoting Information and Culture) module of the Masterstudium i bibliotek- og informasjonsvitenskap (Master Programme in Library and Information Science)
Seminar
Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus Institutt for arkiv- bibliotek- og informasjonsfag, Norway

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/03/22 - Current Association for Information Science and Technology Student membership
2024/01/25 - Current International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics Individual membership
2023/03/10 - Current International Society for Knowledge Organization Student membership
2021/08/17 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas, Profissionais da Informação e Documentação (BAD) Individual membership
Distinctions

Award

2023 BOBCATSSS 2023 Conference – Best Full Paper Award

Other distinction

2023 Merit scholarship for PhD students at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2017 Merit scholarship – academic year 2016/2017
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
2016 Merit scholarship – academic year 2015/2016
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
2015 Merit scholarship – academic year 2014/2015
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal