The implications of the Qualis journal classification in publication practices in Brazil between 2007 and 2016

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https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.4353

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Graduate, scientific production, Qualis system, bibliometric indicators, SJR, international impact, Brazil

Abstract

The journal classification system known as Qualis has been used as an indicator of the quality of research carried out in Brazil, as it is an important part of the mechanisms of scientific production evaluation and resource distribution in the country. In this context, this article intends to show how the Qualis classification system, a non-exhaustive list published annually, has induced the scientific production of Brazilian graduate programs, after two decades of its implementation by CAPES. To do that, the frequency of publications in journals that were in the Qualis system between 2007 and 2016 has been observed in eight different evaluation areas. Using the SJR index provided by Scopus, the international impact of the most frequent journals in that period was determined, as well as the concentration of articles in these same journals. Results showed that the Qualis system has directed the publication of articles in a restricted number of journals, a scientific production that was concentrated mostly in the journals with lower impact factor among the ones that composed the list. The data analysis showed that researchers have been concentrating efforts to publish in journals that bring higher number of points in the Qualis system, regardless of the visibility of these journals from a national or international point of view.

 

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Alause Da Silva Pires, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Graduada em Ciências Biológicas - Habilitação: Biomedicina pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (2006), Mestre em Gerontologia pela Universidade Católica de Brasília (2010) e está cursando Doutorado no programa de Informática na Educação (PPGIE) na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Desde 2009 é Analista em Ciência e Tecnologia da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), possuindo experiência em Avaliação da Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu. Entre 2014 e 2016, atuou como Chefe de Divisão e Coordenadora Geral Substituta da Coordenação de Avaliação e Acompanhamento dos Mestrados Profissionais (CGMP) na Diretoria de Avaliação (DAV). Realizando Doutorado Sanduíche no Lemann Center - Stanford University desde janeiro de 2018.


Graduated in Biological Sciences - Qualification: Biomedicine from the Federal University of Goiás (2006), Master in Gerontology from the Catholic University of Brasília (2010) and PhD in the Program of Informatics in Education (PPGIE) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Since 2009, she is an Analyst in Science and Technology of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), having experience in Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Evaluation. Between 2014 and 2016, she served as Division Head and Substitute Coordinator at the Coordination for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Professional Masters (CGMP) in the Evaluation Board (DAV). From January 2018 to the present he is doing a Doctorate Sandwich at the Lemann Center - Stanford University.

Eliseo Berni Reategui, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Computação pela Universidade de Londres, Inglaterra (UCL). Professor da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), professor permanente do Programas de Pós-Graduação de Informática na Educação (PGIE-UFRGS).

Ana Cristina Xavier França, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Bacharel em biblioteconomia, pela Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação, na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Bibliotecária na Escola Marista Graças.

Eric Bettinger, Stanford University

Doutor em economia pelo Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts. Professor na Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Sérgio Roberto Kieling Franco, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Professor Titular da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e professor dos programas de Pós-graduação em Educação e em Informática na Educação.

Published

2020-02-17

How to Cite

Pires, A. D. S., Reategui, E. B., França, A. C. X., Bettinger, E., & Franco, S. R. K. (2020). The implications of the Qualis journal classification in publication practices in Brazil between 2007 and 2016. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28, 25. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.4353

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