User:AlchemistOfJoy/stubs/Qualis (CAPES)

Qualis is an Brazilian official system with the purpose of classifying scientific production. It is maintained by the CAPES (a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education).

Qualis has the task to classify and avaliate 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 fild of avaliation, 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 "extracts") occur in a 1–8 scale (A1, the highest; A2; B1; B2; B3; B4; B5; C — not listed).

Critics

 * O novo Qualis, ou a tragédia anunciada — Rocha-e-Silva, Mauricio; Clinics (São Paulo), 64(1), 2009


 * Classification of journals in the QUALIS System of CAPES – Urgent need of changing the criteria! — Clinics (Sao Paulo), 65(2), 2010


 * Validity of Qualis database as a predictor of evidence hierarchy and risk of bias...: a case study in dentistry — Clinics (Sao Paulo), 66(2) 2011


 * The hidden factors in impact factors: a perspective from Brazilian science — Front Genet, 4, 2013