Intellectual production on Qualis Journals in the Education area: a dialogue with academic research (2008-2018)

Abstract

This text aims to present a systematization about what the academic field of Education portrays about the evaluation of the intellectual production concretized in Qualis Journals. The choice of the topic is justified because of its centrality in Brazilian postgraduate policy, present in the current evaluation systems adopted. This is a state-of-the-knowledge survey. The Digital Theses and Dissertations Library (BDTD) and the thesis and dissertations bank of Capes were chosen as units of analysis. The selection resulted in 13 productions, being 5 theses and 8 dissertations. The data indicate that the Qualis Program is not a consensus among the researchers presenting controversies. There are those who point out that the program induces a productivism that compromises the quality of research; and others, that the program contributes to the quality of the publication vehicles and the productions. Given this scenario, it is observed that Capes promotes changes in assessment instruments, seeking, based on incremental and instrumental logic, to qualify and induce production, including internationalization.

Education; Qualis Journals; Scientific Production; Periodic Evaluation Policies