Sharing knowledge: bibliometric study of academic publications held from 1994 to 2014

The knowledge is considered currently as a major factor of production and value added, both in academic and organizational environment. The Knowledge Management is a way to improve performance and increase competitiveness. The objective of this research was to make a bibliometrics study about the articles dealing with the issue of knowledge sharing in the 1994 - 2014 period, available in the databases Scopus and SciELO. To achieve the goal, initially directed a search in the databases in question, selecting relevant articles, which were then analyzed was taken. This research is qualitative quantitative and ranks as bibliometrics, descriptive, inductive, applied and bibliographic. Among the main results stands out a significant increase in the number of publications about knowledge sharing in the analyzed period.