A inteligência coletiva na bioinformática: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

The objective of this work is to map scientific papers that discuss the use of information technologies, with special emphasis to the Internet, to foster collective intelligence and to obtain better results from bioinformatics research that would not be possible without the coordinated efforts of researchers through the web. In order to understand the relationship between Web 2.0 and bioinformatics, a systematic literature review was performed based on a research corpus obtained from a Google Scholar search of papers that address the theme. The study had a positivist, descriptive and quantitative epistemological view. The research consisted of the analysis of twenty-two papers that met the inclusion/exclusion criteria to be considered, which were classified based on the main theme and the secondary (or accessory) theme, according to the concern and focus given by the authors to the papers. As a result, six categories of interest were obtained, namely data integration, collaborative research, web service, data catalog, web discipline and semantic web. The majority of the studies showed interest (main or secondary) in data integration, collaborative research or web services, which represent 82% of the addressed themes, and highlight the main contributions that Web 2.0 has brought to bioinformatics research. This result shows that researchers pay close attention to the use of collective intelligence in studies of the field, worrying about the integration of large, accessible and good quality databases, stimulating collaborative research and the engagement of researchers. The development of web services through tools that facilitate and reinforce collective intelligence in the field of bioinformatics also deserved attention. The research reveals that the technological resources that facilitate the emergence of collective intelligence have provided significant gains for biology studies, consolidating Web 2.0 and its possible developments in a semantic web, as indispensable resources for the development of collaborative research in the field.