Professional Profile

Lúcia Maria Sebastiana Verônica Costa Ramos is a librarian and information scientist whose career connects dental documentation, scholarly communication, scientific-information networks, and the evaluation and dissemination of research. She earned her PhD in Information Science (2015) and MSc in Culture and Information (2010) from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), following a bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science from the Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo (FESPSP, 1981). Her doctoral research examined the role of scientific-information networks in teaching and learning through virtual environments.

At the School of Dentistry of the University of São Paulo (FOUSP), she serves as Technical Head of the Dental Documentation Service (SDO). FOUSP describes her work in the management of specialized information services and in the dissemination and organization of scientific information in Dentistry.

Relevant professional authority. Her appointment draws on three directly relevant strands of experience: doctoral training in Information Science at ECA-USP, institutional leadership at SDO/FOUSP, and documented work in scientific-information networks and scholarly-journal evaluation.

Academic and Institutional Leadership

Her institutional and scholarly trajectory is particularly relevant to journals that depend on reliable discovery, transparent documentation, appropriate references, and clear methods for locating and selecting evidence.

Methodological Review Expertise

For JDHAB, her methodological review focuses on the clarity and coherence of the methods reported in a manuscript, including:

• Search strategies, source selection, and transparency of information retrieval.
• Organization and synthesis of retrieved evidence.
• Appropriateness and consistency of references and bibliographic support.
• Alignment between the methods, evidence presented, and conclusions drawn.

This specialist assessment supports the editors’ evaluation; it does not transfer editorial decision-making authority to the reviewer.

Scholarly Communication and Journal Evaluation

A 2021 professional interview documents her work with the BVS Odontologia Brasil network, research related to scientific production, and technical evaluation of journals for inclusion in the Brazilian Dentistry Database (BBO) and LILACS. These are presented as documented experience at the time of that interview.

This experience in scientific-information systems and journal assessment complements her academic training in Information Science and leadership in a university dental documentation service.

Selected Scholarly Contributions

These selected works document her sustained contribution to scientific communication, information networks, scholarly publishing, and research discovery. The collection includes a recent book chapter, doctoral research, edited volumes, a journal article, and a scholarly book chapter.

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE · 2024 · BOOK CHAPTER

Repositórios institucionais de produção científica: agregando valor com a implementação de indicadores relacionais complexos

With Rubenildo Oliveira da Costa. Chapter 7 (pp. 223–242) in Monitoramento, infraestruturas e tecnologias: novos desafios na comunicação científica, organized by Rogério Mugnaini and Fernando Modesto (EDUFBA, 2024). The chapter examines how institutional repositories can extend preservation and access functions through relational indicators that strengthen the visibility and assessment of scientific production.

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DOCTORAL RESEARCH · BOOK · 2016

Potencial de inserção das Redes de Informação Científica em AVA: processos de ensino-aprendizagem

Book-length work connected to her doctoral research in Information Science at ECA-USP, examining scientific-information networks in virtual learning environments.

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SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION · EDITED VOLUME · 2013

Revistas científicas em Ciências da Saúde: visibilidade, forma e conteúdo

Edited by Marcos Luiz Mucheroni, Vânia Martins B. de Oliveira Funaro, Lúcia M. S. V. Costa Ramos, and Rosane Taruhn. A collective scholarly work published by the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo.

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SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION NETWORKS · 2013 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Redes de informação científica e os desafios para popularização da ciência: estudo de caso na rede SIEO

With Asa Fujino. Exploratory qualitative and documentary research examining a scientific-information network and the communication of dental research.

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SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION · EDITED VOLUME · 2011

Revistas científicas: dos processos tradicionais às perspectivas alternativas de comunicação

Co-organized with Dinah Aguiar Población, Geraldina Porto Witter, and Vânia Martins Bueno de Oliveira Funaro. The volume discusses traditional and alternative processes of scholarly communication.

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Scientific Reviewer Role at JDHAB

As a Scientific Methodology Reviewer in the 2026 reviewer group, Lúcia Costa Ramos provides independent methodological assessment when her expertise is appropriate to an assignment. Her background is especially relevant to search and selection methods, evidence synthesis, bibliographic quality, and the relationship between methodology and conclusions.

Reviewer recognition documents peer-review service. Reviewers provide assessments and recommendations to the journal’s scientific editors; final editorial decisions remain with the editors. Assignments are managed with attention to expertise, availability, and competing interests.