Editorial
New Qualis periodics In 2018, the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) initiated actions to improve the assessment instruments, with the chief goal to increase the focus on the quality of training of PhD’s and MSc’s, and on the excellence of Brazilian postgraduate studies. This considered recommendations (focused on contributions from consulted entities) indicated by the report of the Special Monitoring Committee of the National Postgraduate Plan (PNPG 2011-2020). Thus, CAPES implemented the improvement of the postgraduate evaluation process; evaluation of intellectual production; and elucidated the Qualis Periódicos. Among the initiatives to improve the evaluation process, the new proposal for Qualis Periódicos is highlighted. It was observed that the evaluation of knowledge production in the fields adopted differentiated criteria for the classification of scientific production. This often resulted in distortions, since the same journal could be classified into completely different strata between areas. The new methodology sought more objective criteria, which allow greater comparability between assessment areas, also paying attention to internationalization. The proposal was based on four principles: 1) Each journal will receive only one classification,
How to cite: Moraes SLC. New Qualis periodics. J Braz Coll Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021 Jan-Apr;7(1):4-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14436/2358-2782.7.1.004-005.edt
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J Braz Coll Oral Maxillofac Surg. Surg. 2021 Jan-Apr;7(1):4-5
