EDITORIAL
Change the Qualis Criteria!
Adagmar AndrioloI; Alfredo José Afonso BarbosaII; Arnaldo José HernandezIII; Aroldo F. CamargosIV; Benedito BarravieraV; Bogdana Victoria KaduncVI; Bruno CaramelliVII; Carlos BritesVIII; Dejair Caitano do NascimentoIX; Domingo M. BraileX; Dov Charles GoldenbergXI; Edmund Chada BaracatXII; Edson MarchioriXIII; Eduardo de Paula VieiraXIV; Eros Antônio de AlmeidaXV; Flávia MachadoXVI; Geraldo Pereira JotzXVII; Gianna Mastroianni KirsztajnXVIII; Gilberto CamanhoXIX; Gustavo GussoXX; Ivomar Gomes DuarteXXI; Izelda Maria Carvalho CostaXXII; João Ferreira de Mello JúniorXXIII; Joel FaintuchXXIV; José Antônio Baddini MartinezXXV; José Antônio LivramentoXXVI; José Eduardo Ferreira MansoXXVII; José Eulálio Cabral FilhoXXVIII; José Heverardo da Costa MontalXXIX; José Luiz Gomes do AmaralXXX; José Luiz MartinsXXXI; Jurandyr Moreira de AndradeXXXII; Leonardo Cançado Monteiro SavassiXXXIII; Luís dos Ramos MachadoXXXIV; Luiz Augusto CasulariXXXV; Luiz Eugenio Garcez LemeXXXVI; Luiz Felipe P. MoreiraXXXVII; Luiz Henrique GebrimXXXVIII; Marcelo MadeiraXXXIX; Marcelo RibertoXL; Marcus BastosXLI; Mário Cícero FalcãoXLII; Mario J. da ConceiçãoXLIII; Mauricio Rocha e SilvaXLIV; Milton Artur RuizXLV; Milton K. ShibataXLVI; Mittermayer Barreto SantiagoXLVII; Nelson Adami AndreolloXLVIII; Nivaldo AlonsoXLIX; Osvaldo MalafaiaL; Olavo Pires de CamargoLI; Paulo Manuel Pêgo FernandesLII; Regina Helena Garcia MartinsLIII; Renato Soibelmann ProcianoyLIV; Ricardo César Pinto AntunesLV; Ricardo FullerLVI; Ricardo Guilherme ViebigLVII; Ricardo NitriniLVIII; Rogério DedivitisLIX; Ronaldo DamiãoLX; Rosângela MonteiroLXI; Sergio LianzaLXII; Sigmar de Mello RodeLXIII; Tarcisio E. P. Barros FilhoLXIV; Wallace ChamonLXV; Winston Bonetti YoshidaLXVI; Zuher HandarLXVII
IJornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
IIJornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
IIIRevista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
IVRevista Femina
VJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
VISurgical & Cosmetic Dermatology da Soc. Brasileira de Dermatologia
VIIRevista da Associação Médica Brasileira
VIIIBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
IXHansenologia Internationalis
XRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
XIRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica
XIIRevista da Associação Médica Brasileira
XIIIRevista Radiologia Brasileira
XIVRevista Brasileira de Coloproctologia
XVRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Clínica Médica
XVIRevista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva
XVIIRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cabeça e Pescoço
XVIIIJornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia
XIXRevista Brasileira de Ortopedia
XXMedicina Família e Comunidade
XXIRevista de Administração em Saúde
XXIIAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
XXIIIBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
XXIVRevista Brasileira de Nutrição Clínica
XXVJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
XXVIArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
XXVIIRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
XXVIIIRevista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
XXIXRevista da Associação Brasileira de Medicina de Tráfego
XXXRevista da Associação Médica Brasileira
XXXIArchives of Pediatric Surgery
XXXIIRevista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
XXXIIIRevista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade
XXXIVArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
XXXVBrasilia Médica
XXXVIGeriatria & Gerontologia
XXXVIIArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
XXXVIIIRevista Brasileira de Mastologia
XXXIXRevista Brasileira de Mastologia
XLRevista Acta Fisiátrica
XLIJornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia
XLIIRevista Brasileira de Nutrição Clínica
XLIIIRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia
XLIVRevista Clinics
XLVRevista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
XLVIArquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia
XLVIIRevista Brasileira de Reumatologia
XLVIIIArquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
XLIXBrazilian Journal of Craniomaxilofacial Surgery
LArquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
LIActa Ortopedica Brasileira
LIISão Paulo Medical Journal
LIIIBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
LIVJornal de Pediatria
LVRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Cancerologia
LVIRevista Brasileira de Reumatologia
LVIIArquivos de Gastroenterologia
LVIIIDementia & Neuropsychologia
LIXRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cabeça e Pescoço
LXUrologia Contemporânea
LXIRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
LXIIRevista Medicina de Reabilitação
LXIIIBrazilian Oral Research
LXIVActa Ortopedica Brasileira
LXVArquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
LXVIJornal Vascular Brasileiro
LXVIIRevista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho
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Since CAPES published its revised QUALIS criteria, the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB - Associação Médica Brasileira) has been organizing a series of meetings, held at its headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil, starting in August of 2009, in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC - Associação Brasileira de Editores Científicos). These meetings led to the publication of an editorial entitled Classification of journals in the QUALIS System of CAPES - URGENT need of changing the criteria! The editorial was signed by 62 editors of scientific journals and published in full in all of them, and in countless others, primarily in the health sciences, demonstrating that Brazils periodicals are more and more committed to discussing the problems they share in common.1
The scientific community remains concerned with the future prospects and direction of Brazilian periodicals.2,3 The editors present at the meeting of the 18 of March were therefore in a position to evaluate the repercussions of the first Editorial, which had been discussed at scientific events and meetings all over Brazil. The meeting was attended by Dr. Lilian Caló, who is scientific communication and assessment coordinator for SciELO, and who presented a comparative study of the Brazilian periodicals indexed by SciELO according to two different criteria: the first criterion was the ISI/JCR impact factor, which only uses journals indexed by Thomson Reuters, and the second was an index composed by simple addition of the ISI/JCR and SciELO impact factors. The SciELO impact factor, which includes all the periodicals it indexes, significantly modifies the number of citations and, consequently, raises the Brazilian periodicals impact factors. Dr. Calós presentation illustrated this fact more clearly, showing the percentages gained by adopting the composite index. It is clear that combining indexes, or creating equivalencies or several alternatives can promote improved quality among Brazilian journals, raising their visibility and making international indexation more likely. It is also of concern that Brazilian researchers now prefer to publish their work in foreign journals rather than choosing domestic publications. They choose to do this because it improves the ratings of their postgraduate departments, earns them greater impact factors and increases their H index; all entirely and exclusively a result of the revised criteria adopted by CAPES. Achievement in increasing the visibility and quality of Brazilian scientific production should not be assessed on the basis of articles alone, but should also focus on improving our periodicals to the point at which they are recognized internationally.
Considering that the criteria have already been set for CAPES current triennial assessment, the assembled editors decided to draft a second editorial containing a list of suggestions for the next assessment, to be sent to the administration at CAPES. The list of suggestions, which supplement those in the first editorial, is as follows:
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that the criteria used by CAPES to classify periodicals be revised, adopting the composite impact factor calculated by summing the ISI/JCR and SciELO impact factors;
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that a seat on the CAPES Scientific Committee be created for ABEC (the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors) so that editor can be heard within the process;
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that CNPq be requested to create an "Editors Scholarship" program to support scientific publishing and to be awarded to the editors of journals funded by CNPq. The objective of this project is to improve the quality of these journals by providing their editors with more time to dedicate to their editorial activities;
Additionally, the assembled editors decided to seek support for their criticisms and suggestions from the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Academia Brasileira de Ciências), from FINEP and from Federal Deputy Eleuses Vieira de Paiva. At a later date the editors will request a detailed breakdown from CNPq of the criteria adopted for, and the results of, the distribution of the resources allocated through the Publishing Support Grants (Editais para Auxílio à Editoração ). The editors intend to use these data to construct a database on the annual budgets of Brazilian periodicals, which will be useful for comparative analysis and mutual cooperation. Publication of these two editorials and promotion of discussion is one of our goals in seeking the recognition that Brazilian periodicals both need and deserve.
References
- 1. Classificação dos Periódicos no sistema QUALIS da CAPES -A mudança dos critérios é urgente! Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2010; 56(2):127-43.
- 2. de Lucena AF, Tibúrcio RV. Qualis periódicos: visão do acadêmico na graduação médica. Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2009; 55(3):247-248.
- 3. Rocha-e-Silva Mauricio. O novo Qualis, ou a tragédia anunciada. Clinics. 2009 Jan; 64(1):1-4.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
10 Sept 2010 -
Date of issue
Aug 2010