The scientific research in reading comprehension field: an analytical study of academic production

Regarding reading comprehension assessments, there are some large scale tests which show tough and alarming statistics to Brazilian community. Numbers unveil low levels of reading comprehension and a significant rate of functional illiteracy. We therefore investigated what scientific communication has shared about reading, focusing on reading comprehension. For this, we selected for analysis, through the Sucupira Platform, 33 scientific journals Qualis A1 and A2 with scopes related to reading. From this corpus of journals, we analyze publications with subject in reading from 2011 to 2015. With the data critical-reflexive appreciation, three main points are unveiled. First, Psychology contributions have strong influence in the reading and comprehension research. Second, comprehension is the most frequent theme studied in electronic productions. Finally, comprehension facets regarding the reading neurobiological bases have been investigated, as well as some research about strategies to improve reading comprehension