SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND GENDER IDENTITY IN BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION INDEXED IN OPENALEX

Abstract

Scientific production on sexual and gender diversity reflects struggles for citizenship and recognition, constituting an informational domain shaped by conceptual disputes and power relations. From this perspective, the study aims to characterize the landscape of Brazilian scientific production on sexual diversity and gender identity indexed in the OpenAlex database. This is an exploratory, quantitative study based on bibliometric mapping, in which 8,937 articles were analyzed using VOSviewer and Google Sheets. The results indicate marked growth beginning in 2012, reaching a peak in the 2023-2024 biennium, with 925 articles per year. The term co-occurrence analysis revealed five conceptual clusters related to the fields of Humanities, Applied Social Sciences, and Health Sciences, highlighting the emergence of identity-related and political themes from 2018 onward. The co-authorship network shows strong decentralized collaboration among Brazilian universities and international partnerships. It is concluded that this domain is moving toward academic consolidation and institutionalization in Brazil.