Qualis (CAPES)

For other uses, see Qualis (disambiguation).

Qualis is a Brazilian official system with the purpose of classifying scientific production. It is maintained by the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education.

Qualis has the task to classify and evaluate the academic means used on the production of scientific publications of post-graduate programs (such as master theses and doctoral dissertations). The classification itself occurs by a system of grades, per field of evaluation, and depends on the level of circulation (local, national or international) and on the quality of the journal (A, B, or C).

Grades

The classification is annually updated and follows a series of criteria defined by CAPES, such as: number of issues, indexation, number of publishing institutions, impact factor based on JCR, etc. The grades (so called "strata") occur in a 1–8 scale (A1, the highest; A2; B1; B2; B3; B4; B5; C — not listed).[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (Feb 2010). "Classification of journals in the QUALIS System of CAPES – Urgent need of changing the criteria!". Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2 (65): 121–123. doi:10.1590/S1807-59322010000200001. ISSN 1807-5932. PMC 2827696Freely accessible. PMID 20186293.

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